Non-parametric direct multi-step estimation for forecasting economic processes

We evaluate the asymptotic and finite-sample properties of direct multi-step estimation (DMS) for forecasting at several horizons. For forecast accuracy gains from DMS in finite samples, mis-specification and non-stationarity of the DGP are necessary, but when a model is well-specified, iterating th...

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Principais autores: Hendry, D, Chevillon, G
Formato: Working paper
Publicado em: University of Oxford 2004