An Open-model Forecast-error Taxonomy.

We develop forecast-error taxonomies when there are unmodeled variables, forecast ‘off-line’. We establish three surprising results. Even when an open system is correctly specified in-sample with zero intercepts, despite known future values of strongly exogenous variables, changes in dynamics can...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hendry, D, Mizon, G
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2011