Further Evidence on the Usefulness of Real-Time Datasets for Economic Forecasting

In this paper, we assess the relevance of real-time datasets for forecasting. We construct a variety of real-time prediction models and evaluate their performance in a series of ex-ante prediction experiments that are designed to mimic forecasting approaches used when constructing forecasts in real-...

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Main Authors: Andres Fernandez, Norman R. Swanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2017-04-01
Series:Quantitative Finance and Economics
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Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/QFE/article/1370/fulltext.html