Quasifiltering for time-series modeling

Tsyplakov, Alexander (2015): Quasifiltering for time-series modeling.

Abstract

In the paper a method for constructing new varieties of time-series models is proposed. The idea is to start from an unobserved components model in a state-space form and use it as an inspiration for development of another time-series model, in which time-varying underlying variables are directly observed. The goal is to replace a state-space model with an intractable likelihood function by another model, for which the likelihood function can be written in a closed form. If state transition equation of the parent state-space model is linear Gaussian, then the resulting model would belong to the class of score driven model (aka GAS, DCS).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: time-series model, state-space model, score driven model
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C22 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C51 - Model Construction and Estimation

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