Forecasting Oil Price by Hierarchical Shrinkage in Dynamic Parameter Models

The aim of this paper is to forecast monthly crude oil price with a hierarchical shrinkage approach, which utilizes not only LASSO for predictor selection, but a hierarchical Bayesian method to determine whether constant coefficient (CC) or time-varying parameter (TVP) predictive regression should b...

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Main Authors: Yuntong Liu, Yu Wei, Yi Liu, Wenjuan Li
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6640180
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description The aim of this paper is to forecast monthly crude oil price with a hierarchical shrinkage approach, which utilizes not only LASSO for predictor selection, but a hierarchical Bayesian method to determine whether constant coefficient (CC) or time-varying parameter (TVP) predictive regression should be employed in each out-of-sample forecasting step. This newly developed method has the advantages of both model shrinkage and automatic switch between CC and TVP forecasting models; thus, this may produce more accurate predictions of crude oil prices. The empirical results show that this hierarchical shrinkage model can outperform many commonly used forecasting benchmark methods, such as AR, unobserved components stochastic volatility (UCSV), and multivariate regression models in forecasting crude oil price on various forecasting horizons.
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spelling doaj-art-ff41c36e30d5437ba24bc0d1b60361b52025-08-20T02:22:45ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2020-01-01202010.1155/2020/66401806640180Forecasting Oil Price by Hierarchical Shrinkage in Dynamic Parameter ModelsYuntong Liu0Yu Wei1Yi Liu2Wenjuan Li3School of Finance, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaSchool of Finance, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaFaculty of Transportation Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, ChinaSchool of Statistics & Mathematics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaThe aim of this paper is to forecast monthly crude oil price with a hierarchical shrinkage approach, which utilizes not only LASSO for predictor selection, but a hierarchical Bayesian method to determine whether constant coefficient (CC) or time-varying parameter (TVP) predictive regression should be employed in each out-of-sample forecasting step. This newly developed method has the advantages of both model shrinkage and automatic switch between CC and TVP forecasting models; thus, this may produce more accurate predictions of crude oil prices. The empirical results show that this hierarchical shrinkage model can outperform many commonly used forecasting benchmark methods, such as AR, unobserved components stochastic volatility (UCSV), and multivariate regression models in forecasting crude oil price on various forecasting horizons.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6640180
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