Massimiliano Marcellino
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Research Topics

Forecasting

  Aggregation

 Large panels

 Model comparison

 Empirical analyses

Economic cycle        

 

 

 

Forecasting 

(2010d) “Path Forecast Evaluation”, with Oscar Jorda, Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.

(2010b) “MIDAS vs Mixed-Frequency VAR for Nowcasting GDP in the Euro Area”, with Vladimir Kuzin and Christian Schumaker, International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2010) “Forecasting Government Bond Yields”, with Andrea Carriero and George Kapetanios, EUI ECO WP 17.

(2010) "Advances in Business Cycle Analysis and Forecasting", with Gian Luigi Mazzi (eds.), Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2010) "Forecasting Large Datasets with Reduced Rank Multivariate Models", with Andrea Carriero and George Kapetanios, Journal of Applied Econometrics.

(2010) “Empirical Simultaneous Confidence Regions for Path-Forecasts”, with Oscar Jorda and Malte Knuppel.

(2010) “Path forecasting”, with Oscar Jorda, Journal of Applied Econometrics.

(2009) “Pooling versus model selection for nowcasting with many predictors: An application to German GDP”, with Vladimir Kuzin and Christian Schumaker, CEPR WP.

(2008) "A Benchmark for Models of Growth and Inflation", Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2008) "Factor-MIDAS for Now- and Forecasting with Ragged-Edge Data: A
Model Comparison for German GDP"
, with Christian Schumacher, CEPR WP 6708.

(2008) "Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables Using Diffusion Indexes in
Short Samples with Structural Change
", with Anindya Banerjee and Igor Masten, CEPR WP 6706.

(2008) "Forecasting Euro-Area Variables with German Pre-EMU Data", with Ralf Bruggemann and Helmut Lutkepohl, Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2007) "Pooling Based Data Interpolation and Backdating", Journal of Time Series Analysis, 28, 53-71.

(2006) "A Comparison of Direct and Iterated AR Methods for Forecasting Macroeconomic Series h-Steps Ahead", with Jim Stock and Mark Watson, Journal of Econometrics, 135, 499-526.

(2006) "Are There any Reliable Leading Indicators for the US Inflation and GDP Growth?", with Anindya Banerjee, International Journal of Forecasting, 22, 137-151.

(2006) "Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables for the Accession Countries", with Anindya Banerjee and Igor Masten, in Artis, M., Banerjee, A. and Marcellino, M. (eds.), The European Enlargement: Prospects and Challenges, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) "Modelling and Forecasting Fiscal Variables for the Euro Area", with Carlo Favero, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 67, 755-783.

(2005) "Leading Indicators for Euro-Area Inflation and GDP Growth", with Anindya Banerjee and Igor Masten, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 67, 785-813.

(2005) "Factor Forecasts for the UK", with Mike Artis and Anindya Banerjee, Journal of Forecasting, 24, 279-298.

(2005) "Instability and Non-Linearity in the EMU", in Costas Milas, Philip Rothman and Dick van Dijk (eds.), Nonlinear Time Series Analysis of Business Cycles, Elsevier.

(2005) "A Comparison of Direct and Iterated AR Methods for Forecasting Macroeconomic Series h-Steps Ahead", with Jim Stock and Mark Watson, CEPR WP 4976.

(2005) "Leading indicators: What have we learned?" in preparation for Handbook of Econometrics: Economic Forecasts, CEPR WP 4977.

(2003) "Forecasting EMU macroeconomic variables", International Journal of Forecasting, Vol 20, 359-72.

(2003) "Macroeconomic forecasting in the Euro area: country specific versus Euro wide information", with Jim Stock and Mark Watson, European Economic Review, 47, 1-18.

(2003) "Forecast pooling for short time series of macroeconomic variables" , Oxford
Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66, pp.91-112.

(2003) "Forecasting fiscal variables", with Carlo Favero. Mimeo.

(2002)  "Robust Decision Theory and the Lucas Critique", with Mark Salmon,
Macroeconomic Dynamics. Vol 6, p.167-185.

(2002) "Instability and non-linearity in the EMU", CEPR WP 3312.

(2002) "Forecast pooling for short time series of macroeconomic variables", Oxford
Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol 66, p.91-112.

(2002) "Factor based index tracking", with Francesco Corielli, CEPR WP 3265.

(2001) "Fiscal forecasting: the track record of IMF, OECD and EC", with Mike Artis,
Econometrics Journal, 4, s20-s36.

(2001) "Factor forecasts for the UK", with Mike Artis and Anindya Banerjee, CEPR WP 3119, published in Journal of Forecasting, 2004.

(2000) "Forecast Bias and MSFE encompassing", Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 62, 533-542.

(1999) "Ex Post and Ex Ante Analysis of Provisional Data", with Giampiero Gallo,
Journal of Forecasting, 18, 421-433.

(1998) "The informational content of commodity prices", with Giampiero Gallo and
Pravin Trivedi. Mimeo.

 

Aggregation

(2010b) “MIDAS vs Mixed-Frequency VAR for Nowcasting GDP in the Euro Area”, with Vladimir Kuzin and Christian Schumaker, International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2007) "Pooling-based interpolation and backdating", Journal of Time Series Analysis, 28, 53-71.

(2006) “Interpolation with a large information set”, with Elena Angelini and Jerome Henry, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30, 2693-2724.

(2004) "Stochastic processes subject to time-scale transformations", with Ocsar Jorda, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 25, pp.873-894.

(2000) "Linear aggregation with common trends and cycles", Research in Economics, 54, 117-131.

(2000) "Stochastic processes subject to time-scale transformations", with Oscar Jorda, IGIER WP 164.

(1999) "Some consequences of temporal aggregation for empirical analysis" , Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 17, 129-136.

(1998) "Temporal disaggregation, missing observations, outliers, and forecasting: a
unifying non-model based procedure"
, Advances in Econometrics, 13, 181-202.

(1998) "Aggregazione e disaggregazione temporale di processi ARMA", Annali di
Statistica, 15, 9-24.

(1996) "Aggregazione di processi I(2)" Atti della XXXVIII riunione scientifica della
Società Italiana di Statistica, vol 2, 549-556.


Large panels 

(2010c) “Survey Data as Coincident or Leading Indicators”, with Cecilia Frale, Gianluigi Mazzi and Tommaso Proietti, Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming.

(2010) “Cross-sectional Averaging and Instrumental Variable Estimation with Many Weak Instruments”, with George Kapetanios, Economic Letters, forthcoming.

(2010) “A Classical Time Varying FAVAR Model: Estimation, Forecasting, and Structural Analysis”, with Wolfgang Lemke and Sandra Eickmeier.

(2010) "Factor GMM estimation with large sets of possibly weak instruments", with George Kapetanios, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.

(2010) “Forecasting Exchange Rates with a Large Bayesian VAR”, with Andrea Carriero and George Kapetanios, International Journal of Forecasting.

(2010) "Forecasting Large Datasets with Reduced Rank Multivariate Models", with Andrea Carriero and George Kapetanios, Journal of Applied Econometrics.

(2010) “Forecasting with Factor Augmented Error Correction Models”, with Anindya Banerjee and Igor Masten, CEPR WP 7677.

(2009) “A Shrinkage Approach to Yield Curve Forecasting”, with Andrea Carriero and George Kapetanios. Mimeo.

(2009) “A Parametric Estimation Method for Dynamic Factor Models of Large Dimensions”, with George Kapetanios, Journal of Time Series Analysis.

(2009) “Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the US”, with Guenter Beck and Kirstin Hubrich, Economic Policy, 24, 141-184.

(2009) “Factor augmented Error Correction Models”, with Anindya Banerjee, in Castle, J. and Shepard, N. (Eds.), The Methodology and Practice of Econometrics – A Festschrift for David Hendry, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(2008) "Factor Analysis in a New-Keynesian Model", with Andreas Beyer, Roger Famer and Jerome Henry, Econometrics Journal, forthcoming.

(2008) "Factor-MIDAS for now- and forecasting with ragged-edge data: A model comparison for German GDP", with Christian Schumacher, CEPR WP 6708.

(2007) "Sectoral survey-based confidence indicators for Europe", with Andrea Carriero, IGIER WP 320.

(2006) "Impulse response functions from structural dynamic factor models: A Monte Carlo evaluation", with G. Kapetanios, CEPR WP 5621.

(2006) "Interpolation with a Large Information Set", with Elena Angelini and Jerome Henry, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30, 2693-2724.

(2006) "Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the US", with Guenter Beck and Kirstin Hubrich, ECB WP 681.

(2006) "Factor Based Index Tracking", with Francesco Corielli, Journal of Banking and Finance, 30, 2215-2233.

(2005) "Large Datasets, Small Models and Monetary Policy in Europe", with Carlo Favero, CLM Economia, 249-269.

(2005) "Factor Forecasts for the UK", with Mike Artis and Anindya Banerjee, Journal of Forecasting, 24, 279-298.

(2005) "Principal Components at Work: The Empirical Analysis of Monetary Policy with Large Datasets", with Carlo Favero and Francesca Neglia, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 20, 603-620.

(2005) "Testing for PPP: Should We Use Panel Methods?", with Anindya Banerjee and Chiara Osbat, Empirical Economics, 30, 77-91.

(2004) "Metodi di Stima per Modelli a Fattori Dinamici di Grande Dimensione", Atti della XLII riunione scientifica della Società Italiana di Statistica, forthcoming.

(2004) "Some cautions on the use of panel methods for integrated series of macro-economic" with Anindya Banerjee and Chiara Osbat, Econometrics Journal, 7, pp.322-340.

(2004) "Principal components at work: the empirical analysis of monetary policy with large datasets", with Carlo Favero and Francesca Neglia, Journal of Applied Econometrics.

(2003) "Macroeconomic forecasting in the Euro area: country specific versus Euro wide information", with Jim Stock and Mark Watson, European Economic Review, 47, 1-18. 

(2003) "Interpolation with a large information set", with Elena Angelini and Jerome Henry, ECB WP 252.

(2003) "A comparison of estimation methods for dynamic factor models of large
dimensions", with George Kapetanios. Mimeo.

(2002) "Principal components at work: the empirical analysis of monetary policy with large datasets", with Carlo Favero and Francesca Neglia, IGIER WP 223.

(2002) "Factor based index tracking", with Francesco Corielli, CEPR WP 3265.

(2001) "Factor forecasts for the UK", with Mike Artis and Anindya Banerjee, IGIER WP 203, published in Journal of Forecasting.

(2001) "Large datasets, small models and monetary policy in Europe", with Carlo Favero, CEPR WP.

(2001) "Testing for PPP: Should We Use Panel Methods?", with Anindya Banerjee
and Chiara Osbat, IGIER WP 186, published in Empirical Economics (2004).

(2000) "A dynamic factor analysis of the EMU", with Jim Stock and Mark Watson.
Mimeo.

(2000) "Some cautions on the use of panel methods for integrated series of macro-economic", with Anindya Banerjee and Chiara Osbat, IGIER WP 170.


Model comparison

(2008c) “Model selection for nested and overlapping nonlinear dynamic and possibly misspecified models”, with Barbara Rossi, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 70, 869-893.

(2008) “Encompassing”, with David Hendry and Grayham Mizon (eds.), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 70.

(1999) "Model selection for nonlinear dynamic models", IGIER WP 159.

(1999) "Confronto di modelli non annidati non correttamente specificati" , with Chiara Monfardini, Atti della XXXIX riunione scientifica della Società Italiana di Statistica.


Empirical analyses

(2010a) “The Reliability of Real Time Estimates of the Euro Area Output Gap”, with Alberto Musso, CEPR WP 7716.

(2010) “Reconciling disaggregate evidence with macroeonomic models - New evidence from a disaggregate euro area dataset on price-setting” with Guenter Beck and Kirstin Hubrich.

(2010) “Endogenous Monetary Policy Regimes and the Great Moderation”, with Ana Galvao.

(2009) “Very Small, Very Open, Very Rich: A DSGE Model for Luxembourg”, with Lionel Fontagné and Marco Maffezzoli.

(2009) “Real Time Estimates of the Euro Area Output Gap: Reliability and Forecast Performance”, with Alberto Musso.

(2008c) "A Measure for Credibility: Tracking the US 'Great Moderation'", with Maria Demertzis and Nicola Viegi, CEPR Discussion Papers 7036.

(2007) "A Macroeconometric Model for the Euro Economy", with Christian Dreger, Journal of Policy Modeling, 29, 1-13.

(2007) "Econometric Analyses with Backdated Data: Unified Germany and the Euro Area", with Elena Angelini, ECB WP 752.

(2006) "Some Stylized Facts on Fiscal Policy in the Euro Area", Journal of Macroeconomics, 28, 461-479.

(2006) "Regional Inflation Dynamics within and across Euro Area Countries and a Comparison with the US", with Guenter Beck and Kirstin Hubrich, ECB WP 681.

(2006) "TFP, Costs and Public Infrastructure: An Equivocal Relationship", with Eliana La Ferrara, in Artis, M., Banerjee, A. and Marcellino, M. (eds.), The European Enlargement: Prospects and Challenges, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) The European Enlargement: Prospects and Challenges, (Book) with
Michael Artis and Anindya Banerjee (eds), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

(2004) "Characterizing business cycles for accession countries", with Mike Artis and
Tommaso Proietti. IGIER WP 261.

(2003) "Dating the Euro area business cycle", with Mike Artis and Tommaso Proietti, CEPR WP 3696, published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics in 2004.

(2003) "The transmission mechanism in a changing world", with Michael Artis and Ana Galvao, CEPR WP 4014.

(2002) "Modelling High-Frequency Foreign Exchange Data Dynamics", with Oscar Jorda, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 7, pp.618-635.

(2002) "A Markov-switching vector equilibrium correction model of the UK labour market", with Hans-Martin Krolzig and Grayham Mizon, Empirical Economics, 27, 233-254.

(2002) "Some stylized facts on non systematic fiscal policy in the Euro area", CEPR WP 3635, published on Journal of Macroeconomics.

(2001) "Small system modelling of real wages, inflation, unemployment and output per capita in Italy 1970-1994", with Grayham Mizon, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 16, 359-370.

(2000) "Modelling shifts in the wage-price and unemployment-inflation relationships
in Italy, Poland and the UK"
, with Grayham Mizon, Economic Modeling, 17, 387-413.

(2000) "Public capital and economic performance: Evidence from Italy", with Federico Bonaglia and Eliana La Ferrara, Giornale degli Economisti, Vol 60, pp.221-244.

(2000) "The solvency of government finances in Europe", with Mike Artis, in Banca d´Italia (ed.), Fiscal Sustainability, .209-241.

(1995) "Un'analisi econometrica delle relazioni tra variabili fiscali, Pil e inflazione",
Giornale degli Economisti, 54, 103-128.


Economic cycle

(2010a) “The Reliability of Real Time Estimates of the Euro Area Output Gap”, with Alberto Musso, CEPR WP 7716.

(2008) “A Monthly Indicator of the Euro Area GDP”, with Cecilia Frale, Gianluigi Mazzi and Tommaso Proietti, CEPR Discussion Papers 7007.

(2007) "The Transmission Mechanism in a Changing World", with Michael Artis and Ana Galvao, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 22, 39-61.

(2007) "A Comparison of Methods for the Construction of Composite Coincident and Leading Indexes for the UK", with Andrea Carriero, International Journal of Forecasting, 23, 219-236.

(2007) "Monitoring the Economy of the Euro Area: A Comparison of Composite Coincident Indexes", with Andrea Carriero, IGIER WP 319.

(2007) "Sectoral Survey-Based Confidence Indicators for Europe", with Andrea Carriero, IGIER WP 320.

(2006) "Leading Indicators", in Elliott, G., Granger, C.W.J. and Timmermann, A. (eds), Handbook of Economic Forecasts, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

(2006) "Characterizing Business cycles for Accession Countries", with Mike Artis and Tommaso Proietti, in Artis, M., Banerjee, A. and Marcellino, M. (eds.), The European Enlargement: Prospects and Challenges, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) "Characterizing Business Cycles for Accession Countries", with Mike Artis and Tommaso Proietti, Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, 2, 7-41.

(2005) "Dating the Euro Area Business Cycle", with Mike Artis and Tommaso Proietti, in Reichlin, L. (ed.), The Euro Area Business Cycle: Stylized Facts and Measurement Issues, CEPR.