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Evaluating a leading indicator: an application-the term spread
被引:3
|作者:
Stekler, Herman O.
[1
]
Ye, Tianyu
[1
]
机构:
[1] George Washington Univ, Dept Econ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
关键词:
Leading series;
ROC curve;
Precision-Recall curve;
Yield spread puzzle;
PREDICTING US RECESSIONS;
YIELD CURVE;
FORECASTING RECESSIONS;
VARIABLES;
PUZZLE;
POWER;
MODEL;
D O I:
10.1007/s00181-016-1200-7
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
This paper analyzes the procedures that have previously been used to evaluate indicators. These methods determine whether the indicator correctly classifies periods when there was (not) a recession. These approaches do not show whether or not an indicator signaled a turn or failed to predict it. This paper then presents a new approach and applies it to the term spread series. The results are mixed because the indicator predicts every recession but also generates a large number of false signals. This result may explain why economists do not always place great weight on this series.
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页码:183 / 194
页数:12
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