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Sources of turning point forecast errors

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  • M. H. Schnader
  • H. O. Stekler

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Little attention has been devoted to explaining the failure to predict the turning points at the beginning of recessions. This note builds on a model that showed that a turning point might not be predicted if forecasters' prior probabilities of a recession were low. Costs associated with various types of errors might also produce this result. A model is developed and then applied to a particular US business cycle indicator. The results show that costs as well as priors may contribute to this type of forecasting error.

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  • M. H. Schnader & H. O. Stekler, 1998. "Sources of turning point forecast errors," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(8), pages 519-521.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:5:y:1998:i:8:p:519-521
    DOI: 10.1080/135048598354465
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