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Why Is It So Difficult to Beat the Random Walk Forecast of Exchange Rates? Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan and the Centre for Economic Policy Research)
Mark P. Taylor (University of Warwick and the Centre for Economic Policy Research)
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We propose a stylized exchange rate model based on diversity and weight of opinion. Our model departs from standard assumptions in that we allow for heterogeneous agents. We show that such a model can explain both the observed volatility and the persistence of real and nominal exchange rate movements and thus in some measure resolves Rogoff’s (1996) purchasing power parity puzzle. Our empirical analysis reconciles the well-known difficulties in beating the random walk forecast model with the statistical evidence of nonlinear mean reversion in deviations from fundamentals. We find strong evidence of long-horizon predictability both in theory and in practice. We also explain why it is difficult to exploit this predictability in out-ofsample forecasts. Our results not only lend support to economists’ beliefs that the exchange rate is inherently predictable, but they also help us to understand the reluctance of applied forecasters to abandon chartists methods in favor of models based on economic fundamentals.
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Keywords: Purchasing power parity ; Real exchange rate ; Random walk ; Economic models of exchange rate determination ; Long-horizon regression tests. ; Other versions of this item:
Article Paper Kilian, Lutz & Taylor, Mark P, 2001.
"Why is it so Difficult to Beat the Random Walk Forecast of Exchange Rates? ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
3024, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted) Lutz Kilian & Mark P. Taylor, 2001.
"Why is it so difficult to beat the random walk forecast of exchange rates ,"
Working Paper Series
088, European Central Bank.
[Downloadable!] Lutz Kilian & Mark P. Taylor, 2001.
"Why is it so difficult to beat the Random Walk Forecast of Exchange Rates? ,"
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
01-031/4, Tinbergen Institute.
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