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Title: Out-of-Sample Forecast Tests Robust to the Choice of Window Size

Author(s): Atsushi Inoue and Barbara Rossi

Publication Date: August 2011

Keyword(s): estimation window, forecast evaluation and predictive ability testing

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: This paper proposes new methodologies for evaluating out-of-sample forecasting performance that are robust to the choice of the estimation window size. The methodologies involve evaluating the predictive ability of forecasting models over a wide range of window sizes. We show that the tests proposed in the literature may lack the power to detect predictive ability and might be subject to data snooping across different window sizes if used repeatedly. An empirical application shows the usefulness of the methodologies for evaluating exchange rate models' forecasting ability.

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Inoue, A and Rossi, B. 2011. 'Out-of-Sample Forecast Tests Robust to the Choice of Window Size'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8542