Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62923 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 533
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, Department of Economics, London
Abstract: 
The question of variable selection in a regression model is a major open research topic in econometrics. Traditionally two broad classes of methods have been used. One is sequential testing and the other is information criteria. The advent of large datasets used by institutions such as central banks has exacerbated this model selection problem. This paper provides a new solution in the context of information criteria. The solution rests on the judicious selection of a subset of models for consideration using nonstandard optimisation algorithms for information criterion minimisation. In particular, simulated annealing and genetic algorithms are considered. Both a Monte Carlo study and an empirical forecasting application to UK CPI infation suggest that the new methods are worthy of further consideration.
Subjects: 
Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms, Information criteria, Model selection, Forecasting, Inflation
JEL: 
C11
C15
C53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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