function result = bvar_g(x,nlag,ndraw,nomit,prior,xx); % PURPOSE: Gibbs sampling estimates for Bayesian vector % autoregressive model using Minnesota-type prior % y = A(L) Y + X B + E, E = N(0,sige*V), % V = diag(v1,v2,...vn), r/vi = ID chi(r)/r, r = Gamma(m,k) % c = R A(L) + U, U = N(0,Z), Minnesota prior % a diffuse prior is used for B associated with deterministic % variables %--------------------------------------------------- % USAGE: result = bvar_g(y,nlag,ndraw,nomit,prior,x) % WHERE: y = an (nobs x neqs) matrix of y-vectors % nlag = the lag length % ndraw = # of draws % nomit = # of initial draws omitted for burn-in % prior = a structure variable % prior.tight, Litterman's tightness hyperparameter % prior.weight, Litterman's weight (matrix or scalar) % prior.decay, Litterman's lag decay = lag^(-decay) % prior.rval, r prior hyperparameter, default=4 % prior.m, informative Gamma(m,k) prior on r % prior.k, informative Gamma(m,k) prior on r % x = an optional (nobs x nx) matrix of variables % NOTE: constant vector automatically included %--------------------------------------------------- % RETURNS: a structure: % results.meth = 'bvar_g' % results.nobs = nobs, # of observations % results.neqs = neqs, # of equations % results.nlag = nlag, # of lags % results.nvar = nlag*neqs+1+nx, # of variables per equation % results.tight = overall tightness hyperparameter % results.weight = weight scalar or matrix hyperparameter % results.decay = lag decay hyperparameter % results.m = prior m-value for r hyperparameter (if input) % results.k = prior k-value for r hyperparameter (if input) % results.r = value of hyperparameter r (if input) % results.ndraw = # of draws % results.nomit = # of initial draws omitted % results.nx = # of deterministic variables % results.x = deterministic variables matrix (nobs x nx) % --- the following are referenced by equation # --- % results(eq).bdraw = bhat draws for equation eq % results(eq).vmean = mean of vi draws for equation eq % results(eq).sdraw = sige draws for equation eq % results(eq).rdraw = r-value draws for eq, if Gamma(m,k) prior % results(eq).y = actual observations for eq (nobs x 1) % results(eq).time = time taken for sampling eq % --------------------------------------------------- % SEE ALSO: bvar, var, ecm, rvar, plt, prt % --------------------------------------------------- % REFERENCES: LeSage and Krivelova (1997) (on http://www.econ.utoledo.edu) % ``A Random Walk Averaging Prior for Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Models'' %--------------------------------------------------- % written by: % James P. LeSage, Dept of Economics % University of Toledo % 2801 W. Bancroft St, % Toledo, OH 43606 % jpl@jpl.econ.utoledo.edu [nobs neqs] = size(x); % error checking on input if ~isstruct(prior) error('bvar_g: must supply the prior as a structure variable'); elseif nargin == 6 % deterministic variables [nobs2 nx] = size(xx); if (nobs2 ~= nobs) error('X and Y-matrices in bvar_g have different # of obs'); end; result.x = xx; elseif nargin == 5 % no deterministic variables nx = 0; else error('Wrong # of arguments to bvar_g'); end; fields = fieldnames(prior); nf = length(fields); mm = 0; rval = 4; % rval = 4 is default nu = 0; d0 = 0; % default to a diffuse prior on sige for i=1:nf if strcmp(fields{i},'rval') rval = prior.rval; elseif strcmp(fields{i},'m') mm = prior.m; kk = prior.k; rval = gamm_rnd(1,1,mm,kk); % initial value for rval elseif strcmp(fields{i},'tight') tight = prior.tight; if tight < 0.01 warning('Tightness less than 0.01 in bvar_g'); elseif tight > 1.0 warning('Tightness greater than unity in bvar_g'); end; elseif strcmp(fields{i},'weight') weight = prior.weight; [wchk1 wchk2] = size(weight); if (wchk1 ~= wchk2) error('non-square weight matrix in bvar_g'); elseif wchk1 > 1 if wchk1 ~= neqs error('wrong size weight matrix in bvar_g'); end; end; elseif strcmp(fields{i},'decay') decay = prior.decay; if decay < 0 error('Negative lag decay in bvar_g'); end; end; end; if nlag < 1 error('Lag length less than 1 in bvar_g'); end; [nobs nvar] = size(x); if nlag > nobs error('Lag length exceeds observations in bvar_g'); end; % adjust nobs to feed the lags nobse = nobs - nlag; % nvar adjusted for constant term k = neqs*nlag + 1 + nx; nvar = k; % fill-in easy stuff result.meth = 'bvar_g'; result.nlag = nlag; result.nvar = nvar; result.nobs = nobse; result.neqs = neqs; result.tight = tight; result.decay = decay; result.weight = weight; result.ndraw = ndraw; result.nomit = nomit; result.r = rval; result.nx = nx; if nx > 0 result.x = xx; end; % generate lagged rhs matrix xlag = mlag(x,nlag); % do scaling here using fuller y-vector information % determine scale factors using univariate AR model scale = zeros(neqs,1); scale2 = zeros(neqs,neqs); for j=1:neqs ytmp = x(1:nobs,j); scale(j,1) = scstd(ytmp,nobs,nlag); end; for j=1:neqs; for i=1:neqs; scale2(i,j) = scale(j,1)/scale(i,1); end; end; % form x-matrix if nx xmat = [xlag(nlag+1:nobs,:) xx(nlag+1:nobs,:) ones(nobs-nlag,1)]; else xmat = [xlag(nlag+1:nobs,:) ones(nobs-nlag,1)]; end; % Form prior to feed down to ols_g [nw1 nw2] = size(weight); if nw1 == 1 % case of a scalar symmetric weight matrix wght = ones(neqs,neqs)*weight; for i=1:neqs; wght(i,i) = 1.0; end; else % general prior weight matrix wght = weight; end; % pull out each y-vector and run ols_g regressions for eqn=1:neqs; yvec = x(nlag+1:nobs,eqn); % find Doan's sigma(i,j,l) sigma = zeros(nvar,1); k = 1; for j=1:neqs; for l=0:nlag-1; ldecay = (l+1)^decay; ldecay = 1.0/ldecay; sigma(k,1) = (tight*wght(eqn,j)*ldecay)*scale2(j,eqn); k = k+1; end; end; % setup prior R-matrix % R = diagonal matrix with scale(i,1)/S(i,j,l) R = zeros(nvar,nvar); % N.B. we don't want to divide by zero % (diffuse prior on the x-variables and constant term) % so we use nvar-nx-1 for i=1:nvar-nx-1; R(i,i) = scale(eqn,1)/sigma(i,1); end; % setup prior c-vector % equal to scale(i,1)/S(i,j,l) x prior mean c = zeros(nvar,1); cind = (eqn-1)*nlag+1; if eqn == 1 cind = 1; end; c(cind,1) = scale(eqn,1)/sigma(cind,1); oprior.beta = c; oprior.rmat = R; oprior.bcov = eye(nvar); if mm ~= 0; oprior.m = mm; oprior.k = kk; else oprior.rval = rval; end; bresult = theil_g(yvec,xmat,oprior,ndraw,nomit); result(eqn).bdraw = bresult.bdraw; result(eqn).vmean = bresult.vmean; result(eqn).rdraw = bresult.rdraw; result(eqn).sdraw = bresult.sdraw; result(eqn).y = x(:,eqn); result(eqn).time = bresult.time; end;