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Can we estimate macroforecasters’ mis-behavior?

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  • Chini, Emilio Zanetti

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We answer positively to this question by using Maximum Lq-Likelihood (or Deformed Likelihood) estimator. This is based on a parameter which measures the aggregate quote of judgment in the forecasting (game-based) system formed by three players—Forecaster, Policy Maker and Reality. For the first time in econometric literature, we apply this estimator to a dynamic system and derive a robust version of the Kalman Filter—the Deformed Kalman Filter (DKF). The evidence from U.S. data suggests that the judgmental dynamics exists and is correlated (but not coincident) with the phases of the Business Cycle. Furthermore its knowledge improves in-sample as well as out-of-sample estimation.

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  • Chini, Emilio Zanetti, 2023. "Can we estimate macroforecasters’ mis-behavior?," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:dyncon:v:149:y:2023:i:c:s0165188923000386
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2023.104632
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    Deformed likelihood; Dynamic systems; Judgment; Repeated games; Robust filtering;
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    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
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