Date: 2007
Type: Working Paper
A comparison of methods for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes for the UK
Working Paper, Queen Mary University of London, Working Papers, 2007/590
CARRIERO, Andrea, MARCELLINO, Massimiliano, A comparison of methods for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes for the UK, Queen Mary University of London, Working Papers, 2007/590 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/42357
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In this paper we provide an overview of recent developments in the methodology for the construction of composite coincident and leading indexes, and apply them to the UK. In particular, we evaluate the relative merits of factor based models and Markov switching specifications for the construction of coincident and leading indexes. For the leading indexes we also evaluate the performance of probit models and pooling. The results indicate that alternative methods produce similar coincident indexes, while there are more marked differences in the leading indexes.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/42357
ISSN: 1473-0278
Series/Number: Queen Mary University of London; Working Papers; 2007/590
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