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    An Application of Bayesian Dynamic Linear Model to Okun’s Law
    (Scienpress Ltd, 2017) Awe, O. O.; Sanusi, K.A.; Adepoju, A. A.
    Many authors have used dynamic time series regression models to analyse Okun’s law. This type of models often require first differencing the dependent and independent variables, as well as investigating the maximum lag length required for the model to be efficient. In this paper, we propose a straight-forward time-varying parameter state space model for analyzing Okun’s law. In particular, as a case study, we investigate the validity and stability of Okuns law using a Bayesian Dynamic Linear Model which implicitly describes the time-varying relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unemployment rate of a major economy in Africa for three decades. The time-varying parameters of this model are estimated via a modified recursive forward filtering, backward sampling algorithm. We find that Okuns law exhibited structural instability in Nigeria in the period 1970-2011, with the sensitivity of unemployment rate to movements in output growth loosing stability over time, which may have been a contributor to her recent economic decline
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    Bayesian optimal filtering in dynamic linear models: an empirical study of economic time series data
    (2015) Awe, O. O.; Adepoju, A. A.
    This paper reviews a recursive Bayesian methodology for optimal data cleaning and filtering of economic time series data with the aim of using the Kalman filter to estimate the parameters of a specified state space model which describes an economic phenomena under study. The Kalman filter, being a recursive algorithm, is ideal for usage on time-dependent data. As an example, the yearly measurements of eight key economic time series data of the Nigerian economy is used to demonstrate that the integrated random walk model is suitable for modeling time series with no clear trend or seasonal variation. We find that the Kalman filter is both predictive and adaptive, as it looks forward with an estimate of the variance and mean of the time series one step into the future and it does not require stationarity of the time series data considered