Forecasting Brazilian output and its turning points in the presence of breaks: a comparison of linear and nonlinear models

This paper compares the forecasting performance of linear and nonlinear models under the presence of structural breaks for the Brazilian real GDP growth. The Markov switching models proposed by Hamilton (1989) and its generalized version by Lam (1990) are applied to quarterly GDP from 1975:1 to 2000...

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Main Authors: Brisne J. V. Céspedes, Marcelle Chauvet, Elcyon C. R. Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-03-01
Series:Estudos Econômicos
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-41612006000100001