71st International Atlantic Economic Conference

March 16 - 19, 2011 | Athens, Greece

Congruent Approach vs. Autometrics: Comparison of Automatic Dynamic Modeling Procedures

Friday, 18 March 2011: 18:00
Tadeusz Kufel, Ph., D. , Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
Pawel Kufel , Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
Marcin Blazejowski, Ph.D. , Quantitative Methods Department, Torun School of Banking, Torun, Poland
In our paper we present procedure of automatic specification congruent dynamic econometric model – CongruentSpecification – available for Gretl package. We discuss basic assumptions of this procedure and realize comparison with Autometrics – similar procedure available in OxMetrics software. We perform comparison of empirical models and predictions for different types of time-series got from both these automatic dynamic econometric model selection procedures.