The validity of previous findings that dynamic factor models are useful for macroeconomic forecasting is of great importance for subsequent studies which use these models not only as a starting point for further developments but also as a benchmark for the evaluation of the forecasting performance of these further developments. Reanalyzing a standard macroeconomic dataset, we do not find any ev...

This study examines the dynamic relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and total factor productivity having controlled for other channels of external openness: exports and imports in four ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. We employ the panel data analysis PDA (fixed effect and dynamic panel models) as well as the panel cointegration and Granger causali...