% PURPOSE: An example using tvp_markov(), % prt(), % plt(), % time-varying parameter model with Markov switching variances estimation %--------------------------------------------------- % USAGE: tvp_markovd %--------------------------------------------------- % Example taken from Kim and Nelson (1999) % State-Space Models with Regime Switching clear all; load tvpmoney.data; % column 1 = quarter index % 2: m1===growth rate of quarterly average M1 % 3: dint=change in the lagged interest rate (3-month T-bill) % 4: inf==lagged inflation % 5: surpl==lagged full employment budget surplus % 6: m1lag==lag of m1 % 1959.3--1987.4, y = tvpmoney(:,2); n = length(y); x = [ones(n,1) tvpmoney(:,3:6)]; [n k] = size(x); % initial values parm = [0.5 % p Pr(St=1, St-1=1) 0.5 % q pr(St=0, St-1=0) 0.5 % sigb std deviations for transition equation 0.5 % . 0.5 % . 0.5 % . 0.5 % 0.5 % sige in state 1 1.0]; % sige in state 2]; info.prt = 1; % turn on printing of brief % intermediate optimization results info.b0 = zeros(k,1); % to match Kim-Nelson prior info.v0 = eye(k)*100; info.start = 11; result = tvp_markov(y,x,parm,info); vnames = strvcat('m1 growth','constant','dinterest', ... 'inflation','surplus','m1lag'); prt(result,vnames); plt(result,vnames);