This paper discusses recent research at the Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research on the prediction of the expansion and recession phases of the business cycle for the UK, US, Germany, France and Italy. Financial variables are important predictors in these models, with the stock market...

This paper uses logistic regression to construct a one-quarter ahead prediction model for classical business cycle regimes in the UK. The binary dependent variable is obtained by applying simple mechanical rules to date turning points in quarterly real GDP data from 1963 to 1999. Using a range...

El uso de métodos cuantitativos es fundamental en la gestión de carteras de inversores institucionales. En la última década, se han realizado diversos estudios empíricos que emplean modelos probabilísticos o de clasificación para predecir los rendimientos del mercado de valores, modelar...