Forecasting financial variables using artificial neural networks - dynamic factor model

In this paper we introduce a new model that uses the dynamic factor model (DFM) framework combined with artificial neural network (ANN) analysis, which accommodates a large cross-section of financial and macroeconomic time series for forecasting. In our new ANN-DF model we use the factor model to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ali Babikir, Henry Mwambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
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Online Access:https://jefjournal.org.za/index.php/jef/article/view/7