Forecasting international trade A time series approach
This paper develops a time series model to forecast the growth in imports by major advanced economies in the current and following year (two to six quarters ahead). Both pure time series analysis and structural approaches that include additional predictors based on economic theory are used. Our resu...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2010
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Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This paper develops a time series model to forecast the growth in imports by major advanced economies in the current and following year (two to six quarters ahead). Both pure time series analysis and structural approaches that include additional predictors based on economic theory are used. Our results compare favourably with other trade forecasts, as measured by standard evaluation statistics and can serve as a benchmark for more complex macroeconomic models |
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Physical Description: | 20 p |