Appendices: Later Versions of WEFA Model and Some Observations on Forecasting

Lawrence Klein, Kanta Marwah, Shinichi Ichimura, Soshichi Kinoshita and Mitsuo Yamada

Chapter 7 in Klein's Last Quarterly Econometric Model of the United States:Wharton Quarterly Econometric Model: Mark 10, 2018, pp 215-242 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:A. What Economic Forecasters Really Do1B. The WEFA: Macro Model with Chain-Weighted GDP21It has never been published but available on the Web and cited a few times. It provides a support for Klein’s works from an unusual viewpoint. I was told afterwards that Professor Klein liked the paper.2The authors of the original article of this section, quoted in Foreword, are D. Bachman, Peter Jaquette, Kurt Karl and Pasquale Rocco; all staffs of WEFA Inc then. (Baldwin Tower, Eddy stone PA 19022) At present, Peter Jacquette: Senior Director, Global Oil at PIRA Energy Group Pasquale; Kurt Karl Chief Economist, Swiss re; Pasquale Rocco: Director of Research at TWIN Capital Management, Inc.

Keywords: Quarterly Econometric Model; Wharton; WEFA; Forecast; Klein (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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