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Does Statistical Significance Help to Evaluate Predictive Performance of Competing Models?

Journal of Economics and Financial Analysis

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Title Does Statistical Significance Help to Evaluate Predictive Performance of Competing Models?
 
Creator Levent Bulut
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.affiliation.name## Georgia State University
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.email.name## leventbulut@me.com
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.jel.name## F37, F47, G17, C52.
 
Subject Model comparison; Predictive accuracy; Point-forecast criterion; The Clark and West test; Monte-Carlo methods; Forecast comparison.
 
Description In Monte Carlo experiment with simulated data, we show that as a point forecast criterion, the Clark and West's (2006) unconditional test of mean squared prediction errors does not reflect the relative performance of a superior model over a relatively weaker one. The simulation results show that even though the mean squared prediction errors of a constructed superior model is far below a weaker alternative, the Clark- West test does not reflect this in their test statistics. Therefore, studies that use this statistic in testing the predictive accuracy of alternative exchange rate models, stock return predictability, inflation forecasting, and unemployment forecasting should not weight too much on the magnitude of the statistically significant Clark-West tests statistics.
 
Source Journal of Economics and Financial Analysis
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.year.name## 2017
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.volume.name## 1
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.issue.name## 1
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.pages.name## 1-13
 
##plugins.schemas.dc.fields.doi.name## 10.1991/jefa.v1i1.a1
 
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Publisher Tripal Publishing House
 
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Date 2017-06-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Language eng
 
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