Lending Sociodynamics and Drivers of the Financial Business Cycle

We extend sociodynamic modeling of the financial business cycle to the Euro Area andJapan. Using an opinion-formation model and machine learning techniques we find stable modelestimation of the financial business cycle using central bank lending surveys and a few selectedmacroeconomic variables. We...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raymond J. Hawkins, Hengyu Kuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2017-10-01
Series:Quantitative Finance and Economics
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/QFE/article/1643/fulltext.html