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Forecasting Financial Crises and Contagion in Asia using Dynamic Factor Analysis

Andrea CipolliniGeorge Kapetanios

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Economics and EconometricsFinancial contagionforecasting; dynamic factor; currency crisesFinancial contagionFinancial economicsVulnerabilityforecastingProbitFinancial Contagion Dynamic Factor Model Stochastic SimulationFinancial Contagion Dynamic Factor ModelStochastic simulationEconomicsEast AsiaFinancebusiness.industryjel:C51jel:C32Dynamic Factor modelCurrency crisisjel:F34currency crisesDynamic factorPrincipal component analysisbusinessFinancedynamic factor

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Abstract In this paper we use principal components analysis to obtain vulnerability indicators able to predict financial turmoil. Probit modelling through principal components and also stochastic simulation of a Dynamic Factor model are used to produce the corresponding probability forecasts regarding the currency crisis events affecting a number of East Asian countries during the 1997–1998 period. The principal components model improves upon a number of competing models, in terms of out-of-sample forecasting performance.

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