Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/77229 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Technical Report No. 1999,26
Publisher: 
Universität Dortmund, Sonderforschungsbereich 475 - Komplexitätsreduktion in Multivariaten Datenstrukturen, Dortmund
Abstract: 
We propose multivariate classification as a statistical tool to describe business cycles. These cycles are often analyzed as a univariate phenomenon in terms of GNP or industrial net production ignoring additional information in other economic variables. Multivariate classification overcomes these limitations by reducing dimension in a way suitable for human perception. Based on a four phase scheme (upswing, upper turning point, downswing, lower turning point) we demonstrate the potential of classification methods by determining the important economic variables (stylized facts) for the German business cycle.
Subjects: 
Business cycle
classification
dimension reduction
simulated annealing
transition structure
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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