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2008, volume 24, number 1

Becker, C., and Clements, A.E. "Are combination forecasts of S&P 500 volatility statistically superior?"
Matlab code and data

Gardner, E.S, Jr. and Diaz-Saiz, J. "Exponential smoothing in the telecommunications data".
Excel workbook

Milas, C., and Rothman, P. "Out-of-sample forecasting of unemployment rates with pooled STVECM forecasts".
Data in EViews format

2007, volume 23, number 4

Sang-Hyop Lee and Andrew Mason "Who gains from the demographic dividend? Forecasting income by age".
Data and code

Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg "Demographically based global income forecasts up to the year 2050".
Data and estimation code (RATS 6.2)

de la Croix, D., Docquier, F., and Liégeois, P. "Income growth in the 21st century: Forecasts with an overlapping generations model"
Dynare code

Panopoulou, E. "Predictive financial models of the euro area: A new evaluation test"
Data

Zaher, F. "Evaluating factor forecasts for the UK: The role of asset prices"
Data

2007, volume 23, number 3

Goodwin, P., Fildes, R., Lawrence, M. and Nikolopoulos, K. "The process of using a
forecasting support system".
Appendices (MS-Word file)

Jørgensen, M. "Forecasting of software development work effort: evidence on expert judgment and formal models".
Appendix (MS-Word file)

2007, volume 23, number 2

Javier J. Pérez "Leading indicators for euro area government deficits".
Data and programming code

Seip, K.L. and McNown, R. ""The timing and accuracy of leading and lagging business cycle indicators: A new approach"",
277-287.
Data (MS-Excel file)

2007, volume 23, number 1

Claveria, O., Pons, E. and Ramos, R. "Business and consumer expectations and macroeconomic forecasts",
47-69.
Data (MS-Excel file)
Gauss programs. Please contact Raul Ramos for details.

2006, volume 22, number 4

Wagner A. Kamakura, José Afonso Mazzon and Arnaud De Bruyn "Modeling voter choice to predict the final outcome of two-stage elections".
Data are available from the Brazilian electoral authority

Manuel Mendoza and Enrique de Alba "Forecasting an accumulated series based on partial accumulation II: A new Bayesian method for short series with stable seasonal patterns."
Data

Hyndman, R.J. & Koehler, A.B. "Another look at measures of forecast accuracy", 679-688.
Data and a worked example in MS-Excel of the computation of the MASE.

Kamakura, W.A., Mazzon, J.A., & De Bruyn, A.
"Modeling voter choice to predict the final outcome of two-stage elections", 689-706.
Data

Bengoechea, P., Camacho, M. and Perez-Qurios, P. "A useful tool for forecasting the Euro-area business
cycle phases", 735-750.
Gauss code

2006, volume 22, number 2

Shyh-Wei Chen and Chung-Hua Shen "When Wall Street conflicts with Main Street? The divergent movements of Taiwan's leading indicators."
Data

Ashiya, M. "Forecast accuracy and product differentiation of Japanese Institutional Forecasters"
Code and data

Rapach, D. & Wohar, M. "The Out-of-Sample Forecasting
Performance of Nonlinear Models of Real Exchange Rate
Behavior", p.341-362.
Data and program files

Billah, B., King, M.L., Snyder, R.D. and Koehler, A.B. "Exponential smoothing model selection for forecasting"
Matlab code and data

2006, volume 22, number 1

Anindya Banerjee and Massimiliano Marcellino "Are there any reliable leading indicators for US inflation and GDP growth?"
Data and variable codes

Li, G., Song, H., and Witt, S.F. " Time varying parameter and fixed parameter linear AIDS: An
application to tourism demand forecasting", 57-72.
Data

Dopke, J., and Fritsche, U. "When do forecasters disagree? An assessment of German growth
and inflation forecast dispersion", 125-136.
Programs and data files

2005, volume 21, number 4

Harvill, J. and Ray, B.K. "A note on multi-step forecasting
with functional coefficient autoregressive models",
p.717-727.
Fortran and R code

Jerez, M, Casals, J. and Sotoca, S. "Growth, cycles, and convergence in US regional time series: A personal point of view",
Data and Matlab code
Matlab E4 toolbox

2005, volume 21, number 3

Conejo A. J., Contreras J., Espinola R. and Plazas M. A.,
"Forecasting electricity prices for a day-ahead pool-based
electric energy market", p.435-462.
Zip file containing data

Kholodilin K. A. and Yao V. W., "Measuring and predicting turning points
using a dynamic bi-factor model", p.525-537.
RAR file containing data

2005, volume 21, number 2

Aurélie Lemmens, Christophe Croux and Marnik G. Dekimpe "On the predictive content of production surveys: A pan-European study".
Production expectations surveys
National Accounts data

Syntetos A. A. and Boylan J. E., "The accuracy of intermittent
demand estimates", p.303-314.
Data in MS-Excel format

2005, volume 21, number 1

Jef Vuchelen and Maria-Isabel Gutierrez "A direct test of the information content of the OECD growth forecasts".
Data

Rösch D., "An empirical comparison of default risk forecasts from
alternative credit rating philosophies", p.37-51.
Data in MS-Excel format

Franses P. H. and Dijk D. V., "The forecasting
performance of various models for seasonality and
nonlinearity for quarterly industrial production", p.87-102.
Zip-file with the data and GAUSS programs

Rapach D. E., Wohar M. E. and Rangvid J., "Macro variables and
international stock return predictability", p.137-166.
Gauss program files and data

2004, volume 20, number 3

Leonardo R. Souza and Jeremy Smith "Effects of temporal aggregation on estimates and forecasts of fractionally integrated processes: a Monte-Carlo study".
Data, code and instructions

Miller, D. M., & Williams, D. (2004). "Shrinkage estimators
for seasonal factors within the X-11 seasonal adjustment method
(with commentary)", p.529.550.
Data and instructions in zip file

2004, volume 20, number 2

Marianne Sensier, Michael Artis, Denise R. Osborn and Chris Birchenhall "Domestic and international influences on business cycle regimes in Europe".
Data

Jan G. De Gooijer and Antoni Vidiella-i-Anguera "The performance of SETAR models: a regime conditional evaluation of point, interval and density forecasts".
Data and code

Gianna Boero and Emanuela Marrocu "The performance of SETAR models: a regime conditional evaluation of point, interval and density forecasts."
Data and code

Gençay, R. and Selçuk, F. (2004). "Extreme value theory and
Value-at-Risk: Relative performance in emerging markets"
EVIM software package

2003, volume 19, number 4

Miller, D. M., & Williams, D. (2003). "Shrinkage estimators of time series
seasonal factors and their effect on forecasting accuracy",
p.669-684.
Data and instructions in zip file

2002, volume 18, number 2

Leonardo R. Souza and Jeremy Smith "Bias in the memory parameter for different sampling rates".
Data, code and instructions

2002, volume 18, number 1

Kurt Brännäs, Jörgen Hellström and Jonas Nordström "A new approach to modelling and forecasting monthly guest nights in hotels."
Data and RATS code for column 3 of Table 2.

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