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Forecasting Levels in Loglinear Unit Root Models

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  • Kees Jan van Garderen

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This article considers unbiased prediction of levels when data series are modeled as a random walk with drift and other exogenous factors after taking natural logs. We derive the unique unbiased predictors for growth and its variance. Derivation of level forecasts is more involved because the last observation enters the conditional expectation and is highly correlated with the parameter estimates, even asymptotically. This leads to conceptual questions regarding conditioning on endogenous variables. We prove that no conditionally unbiased forecast exists. We derive forecasts that are unconditionally unbiased and take into account estimation uncertainty, non linearity of the transformations, and the correlation between the last observation and estimate, which is quantitatively more important than estimation uncertainty and future disturbances together. The exact unbiased forecasts are shown to have lower Mean Squared Forecast Error (MSFE) than usual forecasts. The results are applied to Bitcoin price levels and a disaggregated eight sector model of UK industrial production.

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  • Kees Jan van Garderen, 2023. "Forecasting Levels in Loglinear Unit Root Models," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(9-10), pages 780-805, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:emetrv:v:42:y:2023:i:9-10:p:780-805
    DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2023.2224175
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