Vosseler, Alexander and Weber, Enzo (2018) Forecasting seasonal time series data: a Bayesian model averaging approach. COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS, 33 (4). pp. 1733-1765. ISSN 0943-4062, 1613-9658
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A flexible Bayesian periodic autoregressive model is used for the prediction of quarterly and monthly time series data. As the unknown autoregressive lag order, the occurrence of structural breaks and their respective break dates are common sources of uncertainty these are treated as random quantities within the Bayesian framework. Since no analytical expressions for the corresponding marginal posterior predictive distributions exist a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach based on data augmentation is proposed. Its performance is demonstrated in Monte Carlo experiments. Instead of resorting to a model selection approach by choosing a particular candidate model for prediction, a forecasting approach based on Bayesian model averaging is used in order to account for model uncertainty and to improve forecasting accuracy. For model diagnosis a Bayesian sign test is introduced to compare the predictive accuracy of different forecasting models in terms of statistical significance. In an empirical application, using monthly unemployment rates of Germany, the performance of the model averaging prediction approach is compared to those of model selected Bayesian and classical (non)periodic time series models.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | UNIT ROOTS; AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS; SUBSET-SELECTION; APPROXIMATIONS; UNCERTAINTY; PERFORMANCE; CONSUMPTION; INTEGRATION; PREDICTION; LIKELIHOOD; Bayesian methods; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Structural breaks; Periodic processes; Prediction |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, insbesondere Makroökonomie und Arbeitsmarkt (Prof. Dr. Enzo Weber) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2019 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2019 10:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/13438 |
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