reduced.form.var {MSBVAR}R Documentation

Estimation of a reduced form VAR model

Description

Estimates a reduced form VAR using equation-by-equation seemingly unrelated regression (SUR).

Usage

reduced.form.var(dat, p, z=NULL)

Arguments

dat T x m matrix of multiple time series or a multiple time series object.
p Lag length
z Exogenous variables in a matrix of T rows. Can be NULL if there are none.

Details

Frequentist VAR estimation. This is a workhorse function — you will want to use other functions to report and interpret the results of this object.

Value

List with elements,

intercept
ar.coefs
Bhat
exog.coefs
vcv
mean.S
hstar
X
Y
y

{Input data (dat)}

Note

Author(s)

Patrick T. Brandt

References

Sims, C.A. 1980. "Macroeconomics and Reality" Econometrica 48(1): 1-48.

See Also

See Also szbvar for Bayesian estimation.

Examples

data(IsraelPalestineConflict)
rf.var <- reduced.form.var(IsraelPalestineConflict, p=6)
plot(irf.var(rf.var, nsteps=12))

[Package MSBVAR version 0.1.1 Index]