Direct Multi-Step Forecast based Comparison of Nested Models via an Encompassing Test

Jean-Yves Pitarakis

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Abstract: We introduce a novel approach for comparing out-of-sample multi-step forecasts obtained from a pair of nested models that is based on the forecast encompassing principle. Our proposed approach relies on an alternative way of testing the population moment restriction implied by the forecast encompassing principle and that links the forecast errors from the two competing models in a particular way. Its key advantage is that it is able to bypass the variance degeneracy problem afflicting model based forecast comparisons across nested models. It results in a test statistic whose limiting distribution is standard normal and which is particularly simple to construct and can accommodate both single period and longer-horizon prediction comparisons. Inferences are also shown to be robust to different predictor types, including stationary, highly-persistent and purely deterministic processes. Finally, we illustrate the use of our proposed approach through an empirical application that explores the role of global inflation in enhancing individual country specific inflation forecasts.

Date: 2023-12
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