Zörner, Thomas. 2019. Stochastic model specification in Markov switching vector error correction models. 24th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Brüssel, Belgien, 11.04.-13.04.
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Abstract
This paper proposes a hierarchical modeling approach to perform stochastic model specification in Markov switching vector error correction models. We assume that a common distribution gives rise to the regime-specific regression coefficients. The mean as well as the variances of this distribution are treated as fully stochastic and suitable shrinkage priors are used. These shrinkage priors enable to assess which coefficients differ across regimes in a flexible manner. In the case of similar coefficients, our model pushes the respective regions of the parameter space towards the common distribution. This allows for selecting a parsimonious model while still maintaining sufficient flexibility to control for sudden shifts in the parameters, if necessary. In the empirical application, we apply our modeling approach to Euro area data and assume that transition probabilities between expansion and recession regimes are driven by the cointegration errors. Our findings suggest that lagged cointegration errors have predictive power for regime shifts and these movements between business cycle stages are mostly driven by differences in error variances.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium |
Language | English |
Title | Stochastic model specification in Markov switching vector error correction models |
Event | 24th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) |
Year | 2019 |
Date | 11.04.-13.04. |
Country | Belgium |
Location | Brüssel |
URL | https://smye2019.weebly.com/ |
JEL | C32, C11, E32, E44, E51 |
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- Modeling and forecasting exchange rates in an unified econometric framework
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- Zörner, Thomas (Details)
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- Department of Economics (Crespo Cuaresma) (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 1145 Time series analysis (Details)
- 5323 Econometrics (Details)
- 5335 Political economic theory (Details)
- 5371 Macroeconomics (Details)