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48 results for economic interpretability

New framework for interpretable firm characteristics factors.

problem Creating statistically efficient and economically interpretable factors from firm characteristics.
method Grouping related characteristics and deriving one factor per group, combining economic intuition with data-driven clustering.
result Parsimonious, transparent factors outperform benchmarks in out-of-sample tests.

Enhances FAVAR models with autoencoder for better economic forecasting and interpretability.

problem Limitations of linear FAVAR models in forecasting and structural analysis.
method Introduces Grouped Sparse autoencoder with time-varying parameters.
result The Grouped Sparse autoencoder produces more interpretable factors and superior forecasting performance.

Study uses IMFs and neural networks to predict economic time series, enhancing interpretability.

problem Improving prediction accuracy and interpretability of economic time series.
method Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) derived from economic time series, combined with DeepSHAP for interpretability.
result The last IMFs are most influential, and high-frequency IMFs introduce noise.

ARTEMIS combines deep learning and symbolic reasoning for financial predictions.

problem Lack of interpretability and economic principles in deep learning models in finance.
method Neuro-symbolic framework combining neural operators, stochastic differential equations, and symbolic distillation.
result ARTEMIS achieves state-of-the-art directional accuracy, outperforming all baselines on synthetic crash regime.

Data describing historical economic growth are analysed. Included in the analysis is the world and regional economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that historical economic growth had a natural tendency to follow hyperbolic distributions. Parameters describing hyperbolic distributions have been determined. A search …

2015-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning models predict US economic recessions using Treasury term spreads.

problem Predicting US economic recessions using Treasury term spreads.
method Gradient Boosting and Random Forest methods trained with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) framework.
result 3 month to 6 month Treasury term spread is the most relevant for predicting US economic recession.

Interpretable neural networks improve economic research by balancing accuracy and transparency.

problem Lack of interpretability in neural networks hinders their use in economic research.
method Proposes interpretable neural network models that balance prediction accuracy and interpretability.
result Achieved 94.5% accuracy in predicting employment status using high-dimensional data.

The paper presents instructive interdisciplinary applications of constrained mechanics calculus in economics on a level appropriate for the undergraduate physics education. The aim of the paper is: 1. to meet the demand for illustrative examples suitable for presenting the background of the highly expanding research fi…

2011-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The goal of this article is to understand some interesting features of sequences of arbitrage operations, which look relevant to various processes in Economics and Finances. In the second part of the paper, analysis of sequences of arbitrages is reformulated in the linear algebra terms. This admits an elegant geometric…

2010-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A new constructivist approach to modeling in economics and theory of consciousness is proposed. The state of elementary object is defined as a set of its measurable consumer properties. A proprietor's refusal or consent for the offered transaction is considered as a result of elementary economic measurement. We were al…

2011-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We review some statistical many-agent models of economic and social systems inspired by microscopic molecular models and discuss their stochastic interpretation. We apply these models to wealth exchange in economics and study how the relaxation process depends on the parameters of the system, in particular on the savin…

2006-08-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Model forecasts hourly electricity demand influenced by weather, socio-economic, and political factors.

problem Accurate hourly electricity demand forecasting in the face of multifaceted uncertainties.
method Interpretable probabilistic mid-term forecasting model using Generalized Additive Models (GAMs).
result Highlights vulnerability of countries to extreme weather scenarios under electric heating adoption.

Survival analysis models predict economic convergence across Americas.

problem Analyzing GDP per capita trajectories and convergence across the Americas.
method Survival analysis, machine learning, economic interpretation.
result DeepSurv captures non-linear interactions in GDP per capita trajectories.

The paper proposes a new model for predicting and analyzing economic variables.

problem Predicting and analyzing economic variables in developed regions.
method Time-varying parameter global vector autoregressive (TVP-GVAR) framework combined with machine learning models.
result The proposed model provides high precision out-of-sample predictions and novel insights into economic variable connectedness.

Contrary to conventional economic growth theory, which reduces a country's output to one aggregate variable (GDP), product diversity is central to economic development, as recent 'economic complexity' research suggests. A country's product diversity reflects its diversity of knowhow or 'capabilities'. Researchers propo…

2016-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper uses bipartite graph to forecast cross-market returns, revealing asymmetry.

problem Cross-market return predictability and asymmetry between U.S. and Chinese markets.
method Directed bipartite graph capturing time-ordered linkages, hypothesis testing for edge selection, regularized and ensemble machine learning models.
result U.S. returns predict Chinese intraday returns, but not vice versa, revealing asymmetry.

The economic life of an asset is the optimum length of its usefulness, which is the moment that the asset's expenses are minimum. In this paper, the economic life of physical assets, such as industry machine and equipment, can be interpreted as the moment that the minimum is reached by its equivalent property cost func…

2012-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical properties of the historical GDP/cap distributions are discussed and explained. These distributions are frequently incorrectly interpreted and the Unified Growth Theory is an outstanding example of such common misconceptions. It is shown here that the fundamental postulates of this theory are contradicted …

2015-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

GRTR framework uses graph regularization to improve financial forecasting.

problem High computational costs and economic domain knowledge loss in tensor models.
method Graph-Regularized Tensor Regression (GRTR) framework incorporating economic domain knowledge.
result Improved performance in multi-way financial forecasting with reduced computational costs.

Optimal intervention in economic networks modeled as influence maximization, with hard computational problems.

problem Optimal intervention in economic networks modeled as influence maximization.
method Transformed into influence maximization-like form, with theoretical and practical implications.
result Optimal intervention is NP-hard and cannot be approximated to a constant factor in polynomial time.

The quantitative aspirations of economists and financial analysts have for many years been based on the belief that it should be possible to build models of economic systems - and financial markets in particular - that are as predictive as those in physics. While this perspective has led to a number of important breakt…

2010-03-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Study improves exchange rate forecasting using machine learning and interpretable methods.

problem Complexity and ambiguity in financial and economic systems make precise exchange rate predictions difficult.
method Developed a fundamental-based model using machine learning and interpretability methods.
result Crude oil is the leading factor determining exchange rate dynamics, with significant events affecting its contribution.

Notions of Darwinian selection have been implicit in economic theory for at least sixty years. Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter have argued that while evolutionary thinking was prevalent in prewar economics, the postwar Neoclassical school became almost entirely preoccupied with equilibrium conditions and their mathema…

2007-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Interpretability and stability are two important features that are desired in many contemporary big data applications arising in economics and finance. While the former is enjoyed to some extent by many existing forecasting approaches, the latter in the sense of controlling the fraction of wrongly discovered features w…

2018-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

CB-APM uses analyst consensus as a bottleneck to interpret stock returns.

problem Tackles the challenge of understanding and predicting stock returns using professional beliefs.
method Embeds analyst consensus as a structural bottleneck, treating it as a sufficient statistic for market information.
result CB-APM portfolios exhibit strong monotonic return gradients and robust across different economic conditions.

ReGEN-TAD detects anomalies in financial time series with interpretable models.

problem Detecting anomalies in complex financial time series with high-dimensional data.
method Integrates machine learning with econometric diagnostics in a refined convolutional--transformer architecture.
result Unified anomaly score without labeled data, robust to structured deviations.

In the framework of bilateral Gamma stock models we seek for adequate option pricing measures, which have an economic interpretation and allow numerical calculations of option prices. Our investigations encompass Esscher transforms, minimal entropy martingale measures, pp-optimal martingale measures, bilateral Esscher…

2019-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A simple but useful method of reciprocal values is introduced, explained and illustrated. This method simplifies the analysis of hyperbolic distributions, which are causing serious problems in the demographic and economic research. It allows for a unique identification of hyperbolic distributions and for unravelling co…

2017-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

FinHEAR combines LLMs with human expertise for better financial decision-making.

problem Challenges in financial decision-making for language models.
method Multi-agent framework with specialized LLMs for historical analysis, event interpretation, and expert retrieval.
result FinHEAR outperforms baselines in financial tasks with higher accuracy and risk-adjusted returns.

This paper introduces TDA and TSI for better business analytics.

problem Nonlinear, multi-scale business datasets under-represented by traditional tools.
method Topological Data Analysis (TDA) and Topological Stability Index (TSI).
result TSI reveals structural variability in business data.

causalKANs provides interpretable treatment effect estimates using neural networks.

problem The opacity of deep neural networks limits their adoption in sensitive domains.
method Proposes causalKANs, a framework that transforms neural estimators into interpretable closed-form formulas.
result causalKANs performs on par with neural baselines in CATE error metrics and offers a favorable accuracy--interpretability trade-off.

In this paper we give definitions of matrix rates of return which do not depend on the choice of basis describing baskets. We give their economic interpretation. The matrix rate of return describes baskets of arbitrary type and extends portfolio analysis to the complex variable domain. This allows us for simultaneous a…

2006-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

A new explainable CBR system predicts financial risks with interpretability and good performance.

problem Predicting financial risks with interpretability and good performance.
method A novel explainable case-based reasoning (CBR) approach.
result The CBR system provides a good prediction performance and interpretability.

We study a class of heterogeneous agent-based models which are based on a basic set of principles, and the most fundamental operations of an economic system: trade and product transformations. A basic guiding principle is scale invariance, which means that the dynamics of the economy should not depend on the units used…

2009-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗