Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Jan, 1973, Volume 41, Issue 1

Multiperiod Predictions from Stochastic Difference Equations by Bayesian Methods

https://doi.org/0012-9682(197301)41:1<109:MPFSDE>2.0.CO;2-B
p. 109-118

Gregory C. Chow

Given n observations on a system of linear stochastic difference equations with appropriate initial conditions, and given a prior density (possibly diffuse) of its parameters, this paper obtains the predictor of the time series k periods into the future with minimum mean squared error. Completely analytical solution is given for predictions from the first-order univariate system, and, in the general higher-order multivariate case, for k up to 5.


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