Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127402 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series No. 585
Publisher: 
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We present evidence that global vectorautoregressive (GVAR) models produce significantly more accurate recession forecasts than country-specific time-series models in a Bayesian framework. This result holds for most countries and forecast horizons as well as for several country groups.
Subjects: 
GVAR
recession forecast
QPS
probability forecast
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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