Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86737 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 09-061/4
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Several Bayesian model combination schemes, including some novel approaches that simultaneously allow for parameter uncertainty, model uncertainty and robust time varying model weights, are compared in terms of forecast accuracy and economic gains using financial and macroeconomic time series. The results indicate that the proposed time varying model weight schemes outperform other combination schemes in terms of predictive and economic gains. In an empirical application using returns on the S&P 500 index, time varying model weights provide improved forecasts with substantial economic gains in an investment strategy including transaction costs. Another empirical example refers to forecasting US economic growth over the business cycle. It suggests that time varying combination schemes may be very useful in business cycle analysis and forecasting, as these may provide an early indicator for recessions.
Subjects: 
forecast combination
Bayesian model averaging
time varying model weights
portfolio optimization
business cycle
JEL: 
C11
C15
C22
C53
G11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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