A Novel Approach to Forecasting the Bulk Freight Market

The fast-paced and ever changing freight market compels maritime executives to use sound forecasting tools. This paper aims to enhance the forecasting accuracy of the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) by means of developing a multivariate Vector Autoregressive model with exogenous variables (VARX). The propose...

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Main Authors: Vangelis Tsioumas, Stratos Papadimitriou, Yiannis Smirlis, Shaher Zahran Zahran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092521217300056