Conditional mean functions of non-linear models of US output

Clements, M. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-1341 and Galvao, A. B. C. (2002) Conditional mean functions of non-linear models of US output. Empirical Economics, 27 (4). pp. 569-586. ISSN 1435-8921 doi: 10.1007/s001810100103

Abstract/Summary

We compare a number of models of post War US output growth in terms of the degree and pattern of non-linearity they impart to the conditional mean, where we condition on either the previous period's growth rate, or the previous two periods' growth rates. The conditional means are estimated non-parametrically using a nearest-neighbour technique on data simulated from the models. In this way, we condense the complex, dynamic, responses that may be present in to graphical displays of the implied conditional mean.