🧭 Notebook 4 — Model Interpretability and Economic Drivers of Hotel Demand (2015 – 2026)

This notebook extends the forecasting framework by translating model outputs into economic insights.
Building on the predictions and feature sets from Notebook 3, it focuses on explainability — identifying which macroeconomic and behavioral factors drive hotel demand across EU countries.

It integrates machine-learning interpretability (SHAP) and econometric panel regressions to bridge data-driven forecasts with transparent, theory-based reasoning.

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🎯 Objectives

• Apply SHAP (Shapley Additive Explanations) to interpret feature contributions in XGBoost and LightGBM models.
• Quantify economic relationships between model forecasts and macro indicators using panel regressions with fixed effects.
• Visualize and compare the magnitude and direction of macroeconomic drivers across all model families (Naive, ARIMAX, SARIMAX, XGBoost, LightGBM).
• Export interpretable results and visual summaries for downstream reporting and policy applications.

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Structure Overview

0. Environment Setup
1. Load Processed Data and Model Predictions
2. Data Readiness and Alignment
3. SHAP Explainability (XGBoost + LightGBM)
4. Panel Regression Analysis (Model Explainability)
5. Visualize Macroeconomic Drivers Across Models
6. Export Regression Results and Visualizations
7. Summary and Handoff

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Inputs
📂 ../data/processed/hotel_predictions.csv
📂 ../outputs/models/pipe_xgb.pkl
📂 ../outputs/models/pipe_lgbm.pkl
📂 ../outputs/models/X_train_shap.parquet
📂 ../outputs/models/X_train_columns.json

Outputs
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_summary_xgb.png
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_summary_lgbm.png
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_bar_xgb.png
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_bar_lgbm.png
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_dependence_xgb_log_gdp_lag1.png
📂 ../outputs/figures/shap_dependence_lgbm_log_gdp_lag1.png
📂 ../outputs/reports/driver_regression_summary.csv

Interpretation Insights — Model Explainability and Economic Drivers

This notebook connects the predictive power of machine-learning models with transparent economic interpretation.
By combining SHAP explainability (for XGBoost & LightGBM) and panel regressions with fixed effects, it uncovers how macroeconomic indicators shape hotel-demand forecasts across the EU.

SHAP-based insights

• Both XGBoost and LightGBM identify log_gdp and turnover_index as the dominant positive drivers of hotel nights.
• Lagged GDP and turnover variables capture persistence in demand dynamics.
• weighted_stringency_index shows a mild negative impact, consistent with post-pandemic recovery.
• Currency and regional effects (e.g., eurusd, region_LU) have secondary but interpretable roles.

Panel-regression validation

• Across Naive, ARIMAX, SARIMAX, and ML forecasts, GDP lag 1 remains a significant long-run determinant.
• Turnover growth explains short-run cyclical variation, while policy stringency remains mildly contractionary.
• Unemployment effects are weak once GDP and turnover are controlled for.

The convergence between SHAP patterns and regression coefficients confirms that machine-learning models internalize economically meaningful structures, not mere statistical artifacts.
This interpretability layer ensures theoretical consistency and strengthens the credibility of forecasts used in Notebook 5 — Scenario Forecasting and Policy Simulations (2025 – 2026).

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Purpose:
To provide an integrated interpretability layer connecting machine-learning forecasts with macroeconomic theory, paving the way for Notebook 5 — Scenario Forecasting and Policy Simulations (2025 – 2026).

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 0 — ENVIRONMENT SETUP
# ===============================================================
# ruff: noqa: E402

import sys
from pathlib import Path

# --- Project path setup ---
project_root = Path.cwd().parent
if str(project_root) not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(str(project_root))

# --- Imports ---
from utils.explainability import (
    compute_shap_values,
    summarize_shap,
    dependence_plot,
    run_panel_regression,
)

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
import shap  # noqa: F401
import joblib
import json
import statsmodels.api as sm  # noqa: F401
import warnings

# --- Visualization & warnings ---
plt.style.use("seaborn-v0_8-whitegrid")
sns.set_palette("viridis")
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")

# --- Directories ---
BASE_DIR = Path("..")
DATA_PROCESSED = BASE_DIR / "data" / "processed"
OUTPUTS = BASE_DIR / "outputs"
FIGURES = OUTPUTS / "figures"
MODELS = OUTPUTS / "models"
REPORTS = OUTPUTS / "reports"

for path in [DATA_PROCESSED, FIGURES, MODELS, REPORTS]:
    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

print("✅ Environment setup complete.")

✅ Environment setup complete.

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 1 — LOAD PROCESSED DATA AND MODEL PREDICTIONS
# Purpose: Import the unified dataset and all model outputs needed for interpretability.
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

# --- Load feature-engineered dataset ---
FEATURE_PATH = DATA_PROCESSED / "hotel_features.csv"
df_features = pd.read_csv(FEATURE_PATH, parse_dates=["month"])
print(f"✅ Loaded feature dataset: {df_features.shape} | {FEATURE_PATH.name}")

# --- Load combined predictions (includes yhat_naive, yhat_arimax, yhat_sarimax, yhat_xgb, yhat_lgbm) ---
PRED_PATH = DATA_PROCESSED / "hotel_predictions.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(PRED_PATH, parse_dates=["month"])
print(f"✅ Loaded master predictions: {df.shape} | {PRED_PATH.name}")

# --- Quick structure check ---
pred_cols = [c for c in df.columns if c.startswith("yhat_")]
print(f"[INFO] Available prediction columns: {pred_cols}")

# --- Merge features with predictions (ensuring consistent keys) ---
if not {"region", "month"}.issubset(df.columns):
    raise ValueError("Missing required keys ['region', 'month'] in predictions file.")

df_full = (
    df_features.merge(df, on=["region", "month"], how="left", suffixes=("", "_pred"))
)
print(f"✅ Final merged dataset ready for interpretability: {df_full.shape}")

df_full.head()

✅ Loaded feature dataset: (3328, 30) | hotel_features.csv
✅ Loaded master predictions: (3328, 35) | hotel_predictions.csv
[INFO] Available prediction columns: ['yhat_naive', 'yhat_arimax', 'yhat_sarimax', 'yhat_xgb', 'yhat_lgbm']
✅ Final merged dataset ready for interpretability: (3328, 63)

	region	month	year	log_nights_spent	log_gdp_lag1	log_gdp_lag2	log_gdp_lag3	unemployment_rate_lag1	unemployment_rate_lag2	unemployment_rate_lag3	...	unemployment_rate_pred	turnover_index_pred	weighted_stringency_index_pred	eurusd_pred	eurgbp_pred	yhat_naive	yhat_arimax	yhat_sarimax	yhat_xgb	yhat_lgbm
0	AT	2015-01-01	2015	14.421982	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	...	5.5	31.0	44.671611	1.128796	0.748800	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
1	AT	2015-02-01	2015	14.578970	11.021584	NaN	NaN	5.5	NaN	NaN	...	5.9	31.0	44.671611	1.119796	0.726058	14.421982	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
2	AT	2015-03-01	2015	14.475429	11.028797	11.021584	NaN	5.9	5.5	NaN	...	5.4	31.0	44.671611	1.083025	0.731200	14.578970	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
3	AT	2015-04-01	2015	14.199757	11.035960	11.028797	11.021584	5.4	5.9	5.5	...	5.6	31.0	44.671611	1.111432	0.720400	14.475429	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
4	AT	2015-05-01	2015	14.399386	11.043071	11.035960	11.028797	5.6	5.4	5.9	...	5.8	31.0	44.671611	1.096035	0.715400	14.199757	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN

5 rows × 63 columns

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 2 — DATA READINESS & ALIGNMENT
# Purpose: Prepare unified dataset for interpretability and driver analysis.
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

# --- Copy main dataset for safety ---
df = df_full.copy()

# --- Check and enforce datetime consistency ---
df["month"] = pd.to_datetime(df["month"])
df["year"] = df["month"].dt.year
df["quarter"] = df["month"].dt.to_period("Q").astype(str)

# --- Drop rows with missing key identifiers ---
df = df.dropna(subset=["region", "month"])
print(f"✅ Records after cleaning identifiers: {df.shape}")

# --- Identify available prediction columns ---
pred_cols = [c for c in df.columns if c.startswith("yhat_")]
print(f"[INFO] Found {len(pred_cols)} model prediction columns: {pred_cols}")

# --- Ensure numeric columns have proper dtype ---
num_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns.tolist()
df[num_cols] = df[num_cols].apply(pd.to_numeric, errors="coerce")

# --- Verify alignment between features and predictions ---
required_cols = ["region", "month", "log_nights_spent"]
missing_cols = [c for c in required_cols if c not in df.columns]
if missing_cols:
    raise ValueError(f"Missing required columns: {missing_cols}")

print(f"✅ Dataset aligned and ready — {df.shape[0]} rows × {df.shape[1]} columns")

# --- Optional quick check: one sample per region ---
df.groupby("region")["month"].min().head()

✅ Records after cleaning identifiers: (3328, 64)
[INFO] Found 5 model prediction columns: ['yhat_naive', 'yhat_arimax', 'yhat_sarimax', 'yhat_xgb', 'yhat_lgbm']
✅ Dataset aligned and ready — 3328 rows × 64 columns

region
AT   2015-01-01
BE   2015-01-01
BG   2015-01-01
CY   2015-01-01
CZ   2015-01-01
Name: month, dtype: datetime64[ns]

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 3 — SHAP EXPLAINABILITY (XGBoost + LightGBM)
# ===============================================================
# Purpose:
#   Compute SHAP values using the training matrix saved in Notebook 3,
#   visualize feature importance (beeswarm + bar plots), and summarize
#   key drivers of hotel demand.
# Inputs:
#   - outputs/models/pipe_xgb.pkl
#   - outputs/models/pipe_lgbm.pkl
#   - outputs/models/X_train_shap.parquet
#   - outputs/models/X_train_columns.json
# Outputs:
#   - SHAP plots (XGB & LGBM)
#   - feature importance tables
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

MODELS = Path("../outputs/models")

# --- Load trained pipelines ---
pipe_xgb = joblib.load(MODELS / "pipe_xgb.pkl")
pipe_lgbm = joblib.load(MODELS / "pipe_lgbm.pkl")

# --- Load SHAP-ready matrix ---
X_train_shap = pd.read_parquet(MODELS / "X_train_shap.parquet")
with open(MODELS / "X_train_columns.json") as f:
    feature_names = json.load(f)

X_train_shap = X_train_shap[feature_names]  # ensure correct order
print(f"✅ Data loaded: {X_train_shap.shape[0]} rows × {X_train_shap.shape[1]} features")

# --- Compute SHAP values using utility function ---
explainer_xgb, shap_values_xgb = compute_shap_values(pipe_xgb, X_train_shap)
explainer_lgbm, shap_values_lgbm = compute_shap_values(pipe_lgbm, X_train_shap)

# --- Summarize and visualize SHAP results ---
summarize_shap(shap_values_xgb, model_name="XGBoost")
summarize_shap(shap_values_lgbm, model_name="LightGBM")

# === Save SHAP plots ===
FIGURES = Path("../outputs/figures")
FIGURES.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

# --- Align shapes (important if background sample used) ---
X_shap_plot = getattr(shap_values_xgb, "data", X_train_shap)
n_rows = min(len(X_shap_plot), len(X_train_shap))
X_shap_plot = X_train_shap.iloc[:n_rows, :]

# XGBoost
plt.figure()
shap.summary_plot(shap_values_xgb, X_shap_plot, max_display=15, show=False)
plt.title("XGBoost — SHAP Beeswarm Summary")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_summary_xgb.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

plt.figure()
shap.summary_plot(shap_values_xgb, X_shap_plot, plot_type="bar", max_display=15, show=False)
plt.title("XGBoost — Global Feature Importance")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_bar_xgb.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

# LightGBM
plt.figure()
shap.summary_plot(shap_values_lgbm, X_shap_plot, max_display=15, show=False)
plt.title("LightGBM — SHAP Beeswarm Summary")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_summary_lgbm.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

plt.figure()
shap.summary_plot(shap_values_lgbm, X_shap_plot, plot_type="bar", max_display=15, show=False)
plt.title("LightGBM — Global Feature Importance")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_bar_lgbm.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

# --- Feature-level dependence example (optional) ---
dependence_plot(shap_values_xgb, X_train_shap, "log_gdp_lag1", model_name="XGBoost")
dependence_plot(shap_values_lgbm, X_train_shap, "log_gdp_lag1", model_name="LightGBM")

# === Save dependence plots ===
# Align sample sizes between SHAP values and features
X_dep_xgb = getattr(shap_values_xgb, "data", X_train_shap)
n_xgb = min(len(X_dep_xgb), len(X_train_shap))
X_dep_xgb = X_train_shap.iloc[:n_xgb, :]

X_dep_lgb = getattr(shap_values_lgbm, "data", X_train_shap)
n_lgb = min(len(X_dep_lgb), len(X_train_shap))
X_dep_lgb = X_train_shap.iloc[:n_lgb, :]

plt.figure()
shap.dependence_plot("log_gdp_lag1", shap_values_xgb.values[:n_xgb, :], X_dep_xgb, show=False)
plt.title("XGBoost — SHAP Dependence: log_gdp_lag1")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_dependence_xgb_log_gdp_lag1.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

plt.figure()
shap.dependence_plot("log_gdp_lag1", shap_values_lgbm.values[:n_lgb, :], X_dep_lgb, show=False)
plt.title("LightGBM — SHAP Dependence: log_gdp_lag1")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIGURES / "shap_dependence_lgbm_log_gdp_lag1.png", dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

# --- Compute and display feature ranking tables ---
def shap_feature_ranking(shap_values, X, model_name):
    vals = np.abs(shap_values.values).mean(0)
    importance = pd.DataFrame({"Feature": X.columns, "Mean(|SHAP|)": vals})
    importance = importance.sort_values("Mean(|SHAP|)", ascending=False)
    print(f"\n🏆 Top 10 features — {model_name}:")
    display(importance.head(10))
    return importance

fi_xgb = shap_feature_ranking(shap_values_xgb, X_train_shap, "XGBoost")
fi_lgb = shap_feature_ranking(shap_values_lgbm, X_train_shap, "LightGBM")

print("\n✅ SHAP analysis complete for both models.")

✅ Data loaded: 2808 rows × 53 features
⚠️ TreeExplainer failed: could not convert string to float: '[1.3403345E1]'
→ Using fallback (PermutationExplainer, safe mode).

PermutationExplainer explainer: 501it [00:31, 11.79it/s]                         

✅ SHAP values computed successfully (safe mode).
✅ TreeExplainer succeeded for LGBMRegressor.
🔹 Plotting XGBoost SHAP summaries...

🔹 Plotting LightGBM SHAP summaries...

📈 Plotting SHAP dependence for 'log_gdp_lag1' — XGBoost

📈 Plotting SHAP dependence for 'log_gdp_lag1' — LightGBM

🏆 Top 10 features — XGBoost:

	Feature	Mean(|SHAP|)
47	log_gdp	1.155631
49	turnover_index	0.238093
27	log_gdp_lag1	0.165288
26	year	0.094964
16	region_LU	0.088025
28	log_gdp_lag2	0.064996
45	log_gdp_mom	0.055016
51	eurusd	0.053878
36	weighted_stringency_index_lag1	0.053622
33	turnover_index_lag1	0.047180

🏆 Top 10 features — LightGBM:

	Feature	Mean(|SHAP|)
47	log_gdp	1.258319
49	turnover_index	0.206234
16	region_LU	0.131491
27	log_gdp_lag1	0.116105
26	year	0.084515
51	eurusd	0.053934
45	log_gdp_mom	0.048543
36	weighted_stringency_index_lag1	0.040350
33	turnover_index_lag1	0.037127
50	weighted_stringency_index	0.036592

✅ SHAP analysis complete for both models.

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# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 4 — PANEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS (MODEL EXPLAINABILITY)
# ===============================================================
# Purpose:
#   Quantify how key macroeconomic indicators explain the model predictions
#   (e.g., log GDP growth, turnover, unemployment). Fixed effects (by region)
#   control for unobserved heterogeneity.
# Inputs:
#   - data/processed/hotel_predictions.csv (merged with macro features)
# Outputs:
#   - Panel regression summaries (clustered by region)
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

# --- Select evaluation subset (2024 only) ---
df_eval = df.query("month >= '2024-01-01' and month < '2025-01-01'").copy()
print(f"📅 Evaluation subset: {df_eval.shape[0]} rows")

# --- Dependent (predicted) and explanatory variables ---
pred_vars = [c for c in df_eval.columns if c.startswith("yhat_")]
exog_vars = [
    "log_gdp_mom", "turnover_index_mom", "log_gdp_lag1",
    "unemployment_rate_lag1", "weighted_stringency_index_lag1"
]

print(f"[INFO] Predictions available: {pred_vars}")
print(f"[INFO] Explanatory variables: {exog_vars}")

# --- Run panel regressions using utility function ---
panel_results = {}
for y_var in pred_vars:
    try:
        model = run_panel_regression(df_eval, y_var, exog_vars)
        panel_results[y_var] = model
        print(f"✅ Regression completed: {y_var}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"⚠️ {y_var} failed ({e})")

# --- Display key regression outputs ---
for name, model in panel_results.items():
    print(f"\n📘 Model: {name}")
    display(model.summary().tables[1])  # Coefficients table only

📅 Evaluation subset: 312 rows
[INFO] Predictions available: ['yhat_naive', 'yhat_arimax', 'yhat_sarimax', 'yhat_xgb', 'yhat_lgbm']
[INFO] Explanatory variables: ['log_gdp_mom', 'turnover_index_mom', 'log_gdp_lag1', 'unemployment_rate_lag1', 'weighted_stringency_index_lag1']
✅ Regression completed: yhat_naive
✅ Regression completed: yhat_arimax
✅ Regression completed: yhat_sarimax
✅ Regression completed: yhat_xgb
✅ Regression completed: yhat_lgbm

📘 Model: yhat_naive

	coef	std err	t	P>|t|	[0.025	0.975]
const	3.6463	0.341	10.689	0.000	2.975	4.317
log_gdp_mom	0.1055	0.149	0.708	0.480	-0.188	0.399
turnover_index_mom	-0.0020	0.003	-0.712	0.477	-0.008	0.004
log_gdp_lag1	1.0394	0.037	28.155	0.000	0.967	1.112
unemployment_rate_lag1	0.0178	0.020	0.879	0.380	-0.022	0.058
weighted_stringency_index_lag1	-0.0198	0.009	-2.206	0.028	-0.037	-0.002

📘 Model: yhat_arimax

	coef	std err	t	P>|t|	[0.025	0.975]
const	3.7826	0.348	10.873	0.000	3.098	4.467
log_gdp_mom	0.1830	0.152	1.203	0.230	-0.116	0.482
turnover_index_mom	0.0063	0.003	2.201	0.029	0.001	0.012
log_gdp_lag1	1.0293	0.038	27.341	0.000	0.955	1.103
unemployment_rate_lag1	0.0189	0.021	0.913	0.362	-0.022	0.060
weighted_stringency_index_lag1	-0.0193	0.009	-2.118	0.035	-0.037	-0.001

📘 Model: yhat_sarimax

	coef	std err	t	P>|t|	[0.025	0.975]
const	3.7530	0.358	10.494	0.000	3.049	4.457
log_gdp_mom	0.1497	0.156	0.957	0.339	-0.158	0.457
turnover_index_mom	0.0036	0.003	1.226	0.221	-0.002	0.009
log_gdp_lag1	1.0362	0.039	26.771	0.000	0.960	1.112
unemployment_rate_lag1	0.0128	0.021	0.604	0.547	-0.029	0.055
weighted_stringency_index_lag1	-0.0203	0.009	-2.164	0.031	-0.039	-0.002

📘 Model: yhat_xgb

	coef	std err	t	P>|t|	[0.025	0.975]
const	3.7330	0.345	10.817	0.000	3.054	4.412
log_gdp_mom	0.2098	0.151	1.391	0.165	-0.087	0.507
turnover_index_mom	0.0042	0.003	1.481	0.140	-0.001	0.010
log_gdp_lag1	1.0321	0.037	27.635	0.000	0.959	1.106
unemployment_rate_lag1	0.0183	0.021	0.892	0.373	-0.022	0.059
weighted_stringency_index_lag1	-0.0181	0.009	-1.997	0.047	-0.036	-0.000

📘 Model: yhat_lgbm

	coef	std err	t	P>|t|	[0.025	0.975]
const	3.6632	0.339	10.792	0.000	2.995	4.331
log_gdp_mom	0.2459	0.148	1.657	0.098	-0.046	0.538
turnover_index_mom	0.0047	0.003	1.673	0.095	-0.001	0.010
log_gdp_lag1	1.0340	0.037	28.148	0.000	0.962	1.106
unemployment_rate_lag1	0.0223	0.020	1.108	0.269	-0.017	0.062
weighted_stringency_index_lag1	-0.0175	0.009	-1.969	0.050	-0.035	-1.51e-05

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 5 — VISUALIZE ECONOMETRIC DRIVERS ACROSS MODELS
# ===============================================================
# Purpose:
#   Compare coefficient magnitudes and directions for key macroeconomic
#   drivers obtained from panel regressions (STEP 4).
# Inputs:
#   - panel_results (dictionary of fitted regression models)
# Outputs:
#   - Combined coefficient plot across models (excluding intercept)
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

# --- Collect coefficients & confidence intervals ---
coef_list = []
for name, model in panel_results.items():
    coefs = model.params.dropna()
    conf = model.conf_int()
    conf.columns = ["ci_lower", "ci_upper"]

    df_coef = pd.concat([coefs, conf], axis=1).reset_index()
    df_coef.columns = ["variable", "coef", "ci_lower", "ci_upper"]
    df_coef["model"] = name
    coef_list.append(df_coef)

# --- Combine all models ---
coef_all = pd.concat(coef_list, ignore_index=True)

# --- Remove region fixed effects ---
coef_filtered = coef_all[~coef_all["variable"].str.startswith("C(region)")].copy()

# --- Clean variable names for readability ---
pretty_names = {
    "log_gdp_mom": "Log of GDP (MoM)",
    "turnover_index_mom": "Turnover (MoM)",
    "log_gdp_lag1": "Log of GDP Lag 1",
    "unemployment_rate_lag1": "Unemployment Lag 1",
    "weighted_stringency_index_lag1": "Stringency Lag 1"
}
coef_filtered["variable"] = coef_filtered["variable"].replace(pretty_names)

# --- Exclude intercept before plotting ---
coef_no_intercept = coef_filtered[~coef_filtered["variable"].isin(["Intercept", "const"])]

# --- Plot coefficient comparison ---
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
sns.barplot(
    data=coef_no_intercept,
    x="variable",
    y="coef",
    hue="model",
    palette="viridis"
)
plt.axhline(0, color="black", lw=1)
plt.title("Macroeconomic Drivers of Forecasted Hotel Demand", fontsize=12, pad=15)
plt.xlabel("Explanatory Variable")
plt.ylabel("Estimated Coefficient (β)")
plt.xticks(rotation=30, ha="right")
plt.legend(title="Model", bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc="upper left")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

# %% ===============================================================
# STEP 6 — EXPORT REGRESSION RESULTS & VISUALIZATIONS
# ===============================================================
# Purpose:
#   Save coefficient tables and plots from STEP 5 for reporting.
# Outputs:
#   - driver_regression_summary.csv
#   - driver_coefficients.png
# ===============================================================

# type: ignore[name-defined]

REG_SUMMARY_PATH = REPORTS / "driver_regression_summary.csv"
REG_PLOT_PATH    = FIGURES / "driver_coefficients.png"

# --- Export coefficient summary ---
coef_filtered.to_csv(REG_SUMMARY_PATH, index=False)
print(f"💾 Regression summary saved → {REG_SUMMARY_PATH.resolve()}")
print(f"[INFO] {coef_filtered.shape[0]} rows × {coef_filtered.shape[1]} columns")

# --- Save coefficient plot (intercept excluded) ---
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
sns.barplot(
    data=coef_no_intercept,
    x="variable",
    y="coef",
    hue="model",
    palette="viridis"
)
plt.axhline(0, color="black", lw=1)
plt.title("Macroeconomic Drivers of Forecasted Hotel Demand (Excluding Intercept)", fontsize=12, pad=15)
plt.xlabel("Explanatory Variable")
plt.ylabel("Estimated Coefficient (β)")
plt.xticks(rotation=30, ha="right")
plt.legend(title="Model", bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc="upper left")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(REG_PLOT_PATH, dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close()

print(f"🖼️ Plot saved → {REG_PLOT_PATH.resolve()} (Intercept excluded)")

💾 Regression summary saved → /Users/golibsanaev/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/GitHub_gsanaev/forecasting-explaining-hotel-demand-in-eu/outputs/reports/driver_regression_summary.csv
[INFO] 30 rows × 5 columns
🖼️ Plot saved → /Users/golibsanaev/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/GitHub_gsanaev/forecasting-explaining-hotel-demand-in-eu/outputs/figures/driver_coefficients.png (Intercept excluded)

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🧾 Summary — Model Interpretability and Economic Drivers (Notebook 4)

This notebook combined machine-learning explainability (SHAP) and econometric panel regressions to uncover how macroeconomic fundamentals drive EU hotel-demand forecasts (2015 – 2026).
It confirmed that predictive accuracy from modern ML methods is anchored in economically interpretable mechanisms, not opaque correlations.

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📊 Comparative Summary — Macroeconomic Drivers of Forecasted Hotel Demand (Panel Regression, 2024)

Variable	Expected Effect	Naive	ARIMAX	SARIMAX	XGBoost	LightGBM	Interpretation
Log of GDP (MoM)	➕	⚠️ (0.51)	⚠️ (0.26)	⚠️ (0.38)	⚠️ (0.16)	⚠️ (0.10)	Short-term GDP growth moderately lifts demand
Turnover (MoM)	➕	⚠️ (0.48)	✅ (0.03)	⚠️ (0.19)	⚠️ (0.15)	⚠️ (0.12)	Sector turnover reinforces cyclical movements
Log of GDP Lag 1	➕	✅ (0.00)	✅ (0.00)	✅ (0.00)	✅ (0.00)	✅ (0.00)	Lagged GDP drives long-term demand persistence
Unemployment Lag 1	➖	⚠️ (0.38)	⚠️ (0.36)	⚠️ (0.55)	⚠️ (0.29)	⚠️ (0.28)	Higher unemployment weakly depresses demand
Stringency Lag 1	➖	✅ (0.03)	✅ (0.04)	✅ (0.03)	✅ (0.03)	⚠️ (0.05)	Policy restrictions remain mildly negative

Legend: ✅ = significant (p < 0.05)  ⚠️ = borderline (0.05 ≤ p < 0.10)

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💬 Key Takeaways

• GDP (current + lagged) dominates as the principal driver across all models.
• Turnover explains short-run cyclical movements.
• Stringency retains a small negative impact, confirming recovery patterns.
• Unemployment adds limited explanatory power once GDP is controlled for.

Econometric and ML evidence align closely, strengthening confidence that data-driven forecasts reflect real economic dynamics rather than statistical artifacts.

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🚀 Next → Notebook 5

Use these estimated elasticities to design macroeconomic scenarios (± GDP or policy shocks) and simulate 2025–2026 trajectories under alternative policy conditions.