Applications in Business Cycle Research and Finance
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by James D. Hamilton, Baldev Raj.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Physica-Verlag HD
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1(VIII, 267 Seiten)
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in Empirical Economics
CONTENTS NOTE
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I Introduction and Overview.- New directions in business cycle research and financial analysis.- II The Business Cycle in the U.S..- Permanent and transitory components of recessions.- Can oil shocks explain asymmetries in the US Business Cycle?.- Markov switching in disaggregate unemployment rates.- III The Business Cycle in Other Countries.- A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market.- Plucking models of business cycle fluctuations: Evidence from the G-7 countries.- IV Financial Applications.- Is there an asymmetric effect of monetary policy over time? A Bayesian analysis using Austrian data.- A regime-switching approach to the study of speculative attacks: A focus on EMS crises.- Fads or bubbles?.- Improving GARCH volatility forecasts with regime-switching GARCH.- V Methodological Contribution.- Power issues when testing the Markov switching model with the sup likelihood ratio test using U.S. Output.- List of Referees.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book is a collection of state-of-the-art papers on the properties of business cycles and financial analysis. Overall, the book provides a state-of-the-art over- view of new directions in methods and results for estimation and inference based on the use of Markov-switching time-series analysis.