We extend the vector autoregression (VAR) based expectations hypothesis test of term structure, considered in Bekaert & Hodrick (2001) using recent developments in bootstrap literature. Modifications include the use of wild bootstrap to allow for conditional heteroskedasticity in the VAR residuals without imposing strict parameterization, endogeneous model selection procedure in the bootstrap r...

This article analyzes optimal, dynamic portfolio and wealth/consumption policies of utility maximizing investors who must also manage market-risk exposure using Value-atRisk (VaR). We find that VaR risk managers often optimally choose a larger exposure to risky assets than non-risk managers and consequently incur larger losses when losses occur. We suggest an alternative risk-management model, ...

In this seminar we show clean comparisons between EnKF and 4D-Var made in Environment Canada, briefly describe the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) as a representative prototype of Ensemble Kalman Filter, and give several examples of how advanced properties and applications that have been developed and explored for 4D-Var can be adapted to the LETKF without requiring an adjoint mo...

This paper considers VAR models incorporating many time series that interact through a few dynamic factors. Several econometric issues are addressed including estimation of the number of dynamic factors and tests for the factor restrictions imposed on the VAR. Structural VAR identification based on timing restrictions, long run restrictions, and restrictions on factor loadings are discussed and...

We compare the performance of a subset of CBO’s economic forecasts against that of an unrestricted vector autoregression (VAR) model. We evaluate forecasts of real economic indicators as well as budget-related nominal statistics. We find that under most specifications, the VAR performs competitively with, if slightly worse than, the corresponding CBO forecasts at up to 20 quarters. Therefore, a...