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Bayesian inference for structural vector autoregressions identified by Markov-switching heteroskedasticity
Lütkepohl, Helmut; Woźniak, Tomasz - 2017
In order to identify structural shocks that affect economic variables, restrictions need to be imposed on the parameters of structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) models. Economic theory is the primary source of such restrictions. However, only over-identifying restrictions can be tested with...
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No taxation without reallocation: The distributional effects of tax changes
Ettmeier, Stephanie - 2022
This paper investigates the dynamic effects of tax changes on the cross-sectional distribution of disposable income in the United States using a narrative identification approach. I distinguish between changes in personal and corporate income taxes and quantify the distributional effects on...
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Persistence and cycles in US hours worked
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2012
This paper analyses monthly hours worked in the US over the sample period 1939m1 - 2011m10 using a cyclical long memory model; this is based on Gegenbauer processes and characterised by autocorrelations decaying to zero cyclically and at a hyperbolic rate along with a spectral density that is...
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Trends and cycles in macro series: The case of US real GDP
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2017
trends and stochastic cycles in addition to deterministic terms such as linear and non-linear trends. We examine four US … be captured accurately by a model incorporating both stochastic trends and stochastic cycles that allows for somedegree … cyclical component is stationary, with cycles repeating themselves every 6-10 years. …
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Estimating and Forecasting Aggregate Productivity Growth Trends in the US and Germany
Erber, Georg; Fritsche, Ulrich - 2005
This paper addresses the issue of estimating and forecasting productivity growth trends in the US and Germany from the perspective of a business cycle researcher who wants to use the available information in time series of aggregate labor productivity to derive a model for short- and/or...
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Long memory in German energy price indices
Barros, Carlos P.; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; … - 2012
This study examines the long-memory properties of German energy price indices (specifically, import and export prices, as well as producer and consumer prices) for hard coal, lignite, mineral oil and natural gas adopting a fractional integration modelling framework. The analysis is undertaken...
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The macroeconomic consequences of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty
Boer, Lukas; Rieth, Malte - 2024
We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining theory-consistent and narrative sign restrictions on Bayesian SVARs. We find mostly adverse consequences of protectionism. Tariff shocks are more important than trade policy...
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Assessing identifying restrictions in SVAR models
Piffer, Michele - 2016
This paper proposes a Bayesian approach to assess if the data support candidate set-identifying restrictions for Vector Autoregressive models. The researcher is uncertain about the validity of some sign restrictions that she is contemplating to use. She therefore expresses her uncertainty with a...
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Bayesian structural VAR models: A new approach for prior beliefs on impulse responses
Bruns, Martin; Piffer, Michele - 2019
Structural VAR models are frequently identified using sign restrictions on contemporaneous impulse responses. We develop a methodology that can handle a set of prior distributions that is much larger than the one currently allowed for by traditional methods. We then develop an importance sampler...
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Partial identification of heteroskedastic structural VARs: Theory and Bayesian inference
Lütkepohl, Helmut; Shang, Fei; Uzeda, Luis; Woźniak, … - 2024
We consider structural vector autoregressions identified through stochastic volatility. Our focus is on whether a particular structural shock is identified by heteroskedasticity without the need to impose any sign or exclusion restrictions. Three contributions emerge from our exercise: (i) a set...
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