Francis X. Diebold

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Francis X. Diebold
Born (1959-11-12) November 12, 1959 (age 64)
Philadelphia, PA, US
Academic career
Institution University of Pennsylvania
NBER
Field Econometrics
Financial economics
Macroeconomics
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Ph.D.)
Doctoral
advisor		 Marc Nerlove (Chair), Lawrence Klein, Peter Pauly
ContributionsDiebold–Mariano test;
Latent-factor ARCH model;
Realized volatility modeling;
Dynamic Nelson–Siegel yield-curve model;
Network connectedness measurement and visualization;
Aruoba–Diebold–Scotti Index
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Sloan Fellowship
Humboldt Fellowship

Francis X. Diebold (born November 12, 1959) is an American economist known for his work in predictive econometric modeling, financial econometrics, and macroeconometrics. He earned both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, where his doctoral committee included Marc Nerlove, Lawrence Klein, and Peter Pauly. He has spent most of his career at Penn, where he has mentored approximately 75 Ph.D. students. [1] Presently he is Paul F. and Warren S. Miller Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Finance and Professor of Statistics at Penn’s Wharton School. He is also a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and author of the No Hesitations blog.

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Diebold is an elected Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Statistical Association, and the International Institute of Forecasters, and the recipient of Sloan, Guggenheim, and Humboldt fellowships. He has served on the editorial boards of Econometrica , Review of Economics and Statistics , and International Economic Review . He has held visiting professorships at Princeton University, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, and New York University. He was President of the Society for Financial Econometrics (2011–2013) [2] and Chairman of the Federal Reserve System's inaugural Model Validation Council (2012–2013). [3]

Scientific contributions

In predictive econometric modeling Diebold is best known for the "Diebold–Mariano test" for assessing point forecast accuracy, [4] methods for assessing density forecast conditional calibration, [5] and for his text, Elements of Forecasting. [6]

In financial econometrics Diebold is best known for his contributions to volatility modeling, including the Diebold-Nerlove "latent-factor ARCH model" [7] and the Andersen-Bollerslev-Diebold extraction of "realized volatility" from high-frequency asset returns; [8] [9]

In macroeconometrics Diebold is best known for his work on the macro-finance interface [10] [11] and his work on real-time macroeconomic monitoring, particularly the Aruoba–Diebold–Scotti ("ADS") Business Conditions Index, now maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. [12] [13]

Additional noteworthy contributions include the Diebold–Li "dynamic Nelson-Siegel" yield-curve model and its extensions; [14] [15] [16] and the Diebold–Yilmaz framework for dynamic network connectedness measurement and visualization. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Francis Diebold Personal Website".
  2. ↑ "Past Presidents, Founding Council, and Founding Members". Society for Financial Econometrics.
  3. ↑ "FRB: Model Validation Council". Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 2012-04-30. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17.
  4. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Mariano, Robert S. (2002-01-01). "Comparing Predictive Accuracy". Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. 20 (1): 134–144. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.352.9389 . doi:10.1198/073500102753410444. ISSN   0735-0015. S2CID   12090811.
  5. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Gunther, Todd A.; Tay, Anthony S. (1998). "Evaluating density forecasts, with Applications to Financial Risk Management" (PDF). International Economic Review. 39 (4): 863–883. doi:10.2307/2527342. JSTOR   2527342. S2CID   38907468.
  6. ↑ Diebold, Francis X. (2001). Elements of forecasting. South-Western. ISBN   9780324023930. OCLC   44493316.
  7. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Nerlove, Marc (1989-01-01). "The dynamics of exchange rate volatility: A multivariate latent factor ARCH model". Journal of Applied Econometrics. 4 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1002/jae.3950040102. ISSN   1099-1255.
  8. ↑ Andersen, Torben G.; Bollerslev, Tim; Diebold, Francis X.; Labys, Paul (2003-03-01). "Modeling and Forecasting Realized Volatility". Econometrica. 71 (2): 579–625. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.200.1388 . doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00418. ISSN   1468-0262. S2CID   10045723.
  9. ↑ Andersen, Torben G.; Bollerslev, Tim; Diebold, Francis X.; Labys, Paul (2001-03-01). "The Distribution of Realized Exchange Rate Volatility". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 96 (453): 42–55. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.199.9567 . doi:10.1198/016214501750332965. ISSN   0162-1459. S2CID   5756201.
  10. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Rudebusch, Glenn D.; Borag?an Aruoba, S. (2006-03-01). "The macroeconomy and the yield curve: a dynamic latent factor approach". Journal of Econometrics. 131 (1): 309–338. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.232.9123 . doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.01.011.
  11. ↑ Andersen, Torben G; Bollerslev, Tim; Diebold, Francis X; Vega, Clara (2003). "Micro Effects of Macro Announcements: Real-Time Price Discovery in Foreign Exchange". American Economic Review. 93 (1): 38–62. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.201.3408 . doi:10.1257/000282803321455151. ISSN   0002-8282.
  12. ↑ "Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index".
  13. ↑ Aruoba, S. Boragan; Diebold, Francis X.; Scotti, Chiara (2009-10-01). "Real-Time Measurement of Business Conditions". Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. 27 (4): 417–427. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.395.7519 . doi:10.1198/jbes.2009.07205. ISSN   0735-0015. S2CID   219594039.
  14. ↑ Christensen, Jens H. E.; Diebold, Francis X.; Rudebusch, Glenn D. (2011-09-01). "The affine arbitrage-free class of Nelson–Siegel term structure models". Journal of Econometrics. Annals Issue on Forecasting. 164 (1): 4–20. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.524.355 . doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.02.011. S2CID   774960.
  15. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Li, Canlin (2006-02-01). "Forecasting the term structure of government bond yields". Journal of Econometrics. 130 (2): 337–364. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.195.536 . doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.03.005.
  16. ↑ Francis X. Diebold; Glenn D. Rudebusch (2013). Yield Curve Modeling and Forecasting: The Dynamic Nelson-Siegel Approach. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-14680-5.
  17. ↑ Diebold, Francis X.; Yilmaz, Kamil (2014-09-01). "On the network topology of variance decompositions: Measuring the connectedness of financial firms" (PDF). Journal of Econometrics. Causality, Prediction, and Specification Analysis: Recent Advances and Future Directions. 182 (1): 119–134. doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2014.04.012. hdl:10419/108574.
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