We propose a novel dynamic mixture vector autoregressive (VAR) model in which time-varying mixture weights are driven by the predictive likelihood score. Intuitively, the state weight of the k-th component VAR model in the subsequent period is increased if the current observation is more likely...

By examining the connectedness of carry trade currency with stock, foreign exchange (forex), and commodity markets, the paper investigates the extent to which shocks in capital flows driven by interest-rate differentials affect financial markets. Following the framework of Diebold and Yilmaz...