Forecasting U.S. Economic Growth in Downturns Using Cross-Country Data
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- Lyu, Yifei & Nie, Jun & Yang, Shu-Kuei X., 2021. "Forecasting US economic growth in downturns using cross-country data," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
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Keywords
Forecasting; Dynamic factor model; GDP growth; Cross-country data; Global financial crisis; COVID-19;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
- C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- C55 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FOR-2020-09-21 (Forecasting)
- NEP-MAC-2020-09-21 (Macroeconomics)
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