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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2023
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[Journal:] Journal of Business Economics [ISSN:] 1861-8928 [Volume:] 93 [Issue:] 9 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1629-1660
Verlag: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Zusammenfassung: 
The main challenge in empirical asset pricing is forecasting the future value of assets traded in financial markets with a high level of accuracy. Because machine learning methods can model relationships between explanatory and dependent variables based on complex, non-linear, and/or non-parametric structures, it is not surprising that machine learning approaches have shown promising forecasting results and significantly outperform traditional regression methods. Corresponding results were achieved for CAT bond premia forecasts in the primary market. However, since secondary market data sets have a panel data structure, it is unclear whether the results of primary market studies can be applied to the secondary market. Against this background, this study aims to build the first out-of-sample forecasting model for CAT bond premia in the secondary market, comparing different modeling approaches. We apply random forest and neural networks as representatives of machine learning methods and linear regression based on a comprehensive data set of CAT bond issues and across various forecasting settings and show that random forest forecasts are significantly more precise. Because the lack of transparency of machine learning methods may limit their applicability, especially for institutional investors, we show ways to identify important variables in the context of random forest price forecasting.
Schlagwörter: 
Forecasting
Machine learning
Linear regression
CAT bond secondary market
Transparency
JEL: 
C45
C53
C58
G12
G17
G22
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