Testing a Model of the UK by the Method of Indirect Inference

33 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2008

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David Meenagh

Cardiff University Business School

Patrick Minford

Cardiff University Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Konstantinos Theodoridis

Cardiff University

Date Written: June 2008

Abstract

We use the method of indirect inference to test a full open economy model of the UK that has been in forecasting use for three decades. The test establishes, using a Wald statistic, whether the parameters of a time-series representation estimated on the actual data lie within some confidence interval of the model-implied distribution. Various forms of time-series representations that could deal with the UK's various changes of monetary regime are tried; two are retained as adequate. The model is rejected under one but marginally accepted under the other, suggesting that with some modifications it could achieve general acceptability and that the testing method is worth investigating further.

Keywords: Bootstrap, Indirect inference, Model evaluation, Non-linear Time Series Models, Open economy models, UK models

JEL Classification: C12, C32

Suggested Citation

Meenagh, David and Minford, Patrick and Theodoridis, Konstantinos, Testing a Model of the UK by the Method of Indirect Inference (June 2008). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6849, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1146775

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Patrick Minford

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Konstantinos Theodoridis

Cardiff University ( email )

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United Kingdom

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