James Stock

Data archives and .pdf files for download (selected papers)

For papers or programs not listed here:

Downloadable papers and presentations:

 

Slides from invited presentation, 2006 Far Eastern Meetings of the Econometric Society (.pdf file)

 

“Has Inflation Become Harder to Forecast,” manuscript (2005) (with M.W. Watson) (.pdf file)

 

“An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Forecasting Using Many Predictors,” manuscript (2005) (with M.W. Watson) (.pdf file)

 

“Testing with Many Weak Instruments,” manuscript (2005) (with D.W.K. Andrews) (.pdf file)

 

“Inference with Weak Instruments,” manuscript (2005) (with D.W.K. Andrews) (invited survey paper for the 2005 World Congress of the Econometric Society) (.pdf file)

 

“Implications of Dynamic Factor Models for VAR Analysis,” manuscript (2005) (with M.W. Watson) (.pdf file)

 

“Emissions, Concentrations and Temperature:  A Time Series Analysis,” forthcoming, Climatic Change (with R. Kaufmann and H. Kauppi) (.pdf file – uncorrected page proofs)

 

“Optimal Two-Sided Invariant Similar Tests for Instrumental Variables Regression” (2004), forthcoming, Econometrica (with D.W.K. Andrews and M. Moreira) (.pdf file of paper and Supplement)

 

 “Performance of Conditional Wald Tests in IV Regression with Weak Instruments” (2004) (with D.W.K. Andrews and M. Moreira); forthcoming, Journal of Econometrics (.pdf file)

 

A Comparison of Direct and Iterated Multistep AR Methods for Forecasting Macroeconomic Time Series(2004) (with Max Marcellino and Mark Watson) (.pdf file- page proofs)

 

“Asymptotic Properties of the Hahn-Hausman Test for Weak Instruments” (2004) (with J. Hausman and M. Yogo) (.pdf file – page proofs)

 

“Optimal Tests for Reduced Rank Time Variation in Regression Coefficients and Level Variation in the Multivariate Local Level Model,” manuscript (2005) (with Piotr Eliasz and James Stock) (.pdf file)

 

“Has the Business Cycle Changed?  Evidence and Explanations (August 2003) (prepared for Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 2003 Jackson Hole Symposium) (.pdf file) ALSO: for details of model calculations see Technical Appendix (.pdf file)

 

“Understanding Changes in International Business Cycle Dynamics” (May 2003), manuscript, with Mark Watson.  (.pdf file)

 

“Who Invented IV Regression?” (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003) – see the page on this topic

 

“How Did Leading Indicator Forecasts Do During the 2001 Recession?” (January 2003), manuscript, with Mark Watson.  paper (.pdf file)

 

“Combination Forecasts of Output Growth in a Seven-Country Data Set,” (January 2003; revised January 2004), manuscript, with Mark Watson. paper (.pdf file)

 

“Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression,” manuscript, with Motohiro Yogo (September 2001; revised February 2003). paper (.pdf file) (this version supercedes NBER TWP#284).

 

“Asymptotic Distributions of Instrumental Variables Statistics with Many Weak Instruments,” manuscript, with Motohiro Yogo (February 2003). paper (.pdf file)

 

“Testing Hypotheses about Mechanisms for the Unknown Carbon Sink:  A Time Series Analysis,” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17 (2003), 1072. (with Robert A. Kaufmann) (pdf file)

 

“The Econometric Analysis of Business Cycles,” (2003), Medium Econometrisch Toepassingen (special issue honoring J. Tinbergen), forthcoming.  paper (.pdf file)

“A Survey of Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Generalized Method of Moments,” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 20, 518 – 529 (with M. Yogo and J. Wright).  article (.pdf file)

“Has the Business Cycle Changed and Why?” NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2002 (with M. Watson). paper (.pdf file)

“Empirical Bayes Forecasts of One Time Series Using Many Predictors,” manuscript, Kennedy School of Government (September 2000) (with M.W. Watson and Thomas Knox) paper (.pdf) and mathematical appendix (.pdf)

“Forecasting Output and Inflation: The Role of Asset Prices,” Journal of Economic Literature 41, 788-829 (with M.W. Watson). paper (.pdf) and detailed appendix (.pdf)

“Time Series: Economic Forecasting,” entry in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Amsterdam: Elsevier (2002). article (.pdf)

“Instrumental Variables in Economics and Statistics,” entry in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences , Amsterdam: Elsevier (2002).article (.pdf)

“Diffusion Indexes,” manuscript, Kennedy School of Government (1997) (with M. Watson); NBER Working Paper #6702 (with M. Watson): NBER working paper (.pdf - 1998)

“A Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Univariate Models for Forecasting Macroeconomic Time Series,” ch. 1 in R. Engle and H. White (eds.), Cointegration, Causality and Forecasting:  A Festschrift for Clive W.J. Granger.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press (1999), 1-44 (with M. Watson) – scanned reprint (this is a big file – 8 MB!)

“Forecasting Inflation,” Journal of Monetary Economics 44, no. 2, (1999), 293-335 (with M. Watson) – scanned reprint (this is a big file – 6MB!).

Software and replication files:

Replication files for “Testing For and Dating Common Breaks in Multivariate Time Series,” Review of Economic Studies (1998) 65, 395 – 432 (with Jushan Bai and Robin Lumsdaine): replication files (.zip)

Replication files for “GMM With Weak Identification,” Econometrica 68 (2000), 1055 – 1096 (with Jonathan Wright): replication files (.zip)

“Inference in Models with Nearly Integrated Regressors,” Econometric Theory, 1995 (with Chris Cavanagh and Graham Elliott):  replication files (.zip)

“Confidence Intervals for the Largest Autoregressive Root in Macroeconomic Time Series,” Journal of Monetary Economics (1991): replication files (.zip).  **NOTES: (1) The original software included this .zip file is ancient and needs modification to run under modern versions of GAUSS or RATS.  Todd Clark has updated the RATS code (3/17/03) and Todd’s update is included in the RATSupdate directory in this .zip file.  Thanks Todd!  (2) If anyone has a STATA program that computes these intervals, please let me know and I’ll link to your software.

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