formSmpl {bayesGARCH} | R Documentation |
Form the Posterior Sample
Description
Form the joint posterior sampler from the MCMC output.
Usage
formSmpl(MCMC, l.bi = 0, batch.size = 1)
Arguments
MCMC |
object of the class |
l.bi |
length of the burn-in phase. |
batch.size |
batching size used to diminish the autocorrelation within the chains. |
Value
The joint posterior sample as an mcmc
object (R package coda).
Note
Please cite the package in publications. Use citation("bayesGARCH")
.
See Also
bayesGARCH
for the Bayesian estimation of the GARCH(1,1)
model with Student-t innovations.
Examples
## !!! INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MCMC ITERATIONS !!!
## LOAD DATA SET
data(dem2gbp)
y <- dem2gbp[1:750]
## RUN THE ESTIMATION
MCMC <- bayesGARCH(y, control = list(n.chain = 2, l.chain = 100))
## FORM THE SAMPLE FROM THE MCMC OUTPUT
smpl <- formSmpl(MCMC, l.bi = 50, batch.size = 2)
## POSTERIOR STATISTICS
summary(smpl)
[Package bayesGARCH version 2.1.10 Index]