bvec_to_bvar {bvartools}

Transform a VEC Model to a VAR in Levels

Description

An object of class "bvec" is transformed to a VAR in level representation.

Usage

bvec_to_bvar(object)

Arguments

object

an object of class "bvec".

Value

An object of class "bvar".

References

Lütkepohl, H. (2006). New introduction to multiple time series analysis (2nd ed.). Berlin: Springer.

Examples

# Load data
data("e6")

# Generate model
data <- gen_vec(e6, p = 4, r = 1, const = "unrestricted", season = "unrestricted")

# Obtain data matrices
y <- t(data$data$Y)
w <- t(data$data$W)
x <- t(data$data$X)

# Reset random number generator for reproducibility
set.seed(1234567)

iterations <- 100 # Number of iterations of the Gibbs sampler
# Chosen number of iterations should be much higher, e.g. 30000.

burnin <- 100 # Number of burn-in draws
draws <- iterations + burnin

r <- 1 # Set rank

tt <- ncol(y) # Number of observations
k <- nrow(y) # Number of endogenous variables
k_w <- nrow(w) # Number of regressors in error correction term
k_x <- nrow(x) # Number of differenced regressors and unrestrictec deterministic terms

k_alpha <- k * r # Number of elements in alpha
k_beta <- k_w * r # Number of elements in beta
k_gamma <- k * k_x

# Set uninformative priors
a_mu_prior <- matrix(0, k_x * k) # Vector of prior parameter means
a_v_i_prior <- diag(0, k_x * k) # Inverse of the prior covariance matrix

v_i <- 0
p_tau_i <- diag(1, k_w)

u_sigma_df_prior <- r # Prior degrees of freedom
u_sigma_scale_prior <- diag(0, k) # Prior covariance matrix
u_sigma_df_post <- tt + u_sigma_df_prior # Posterior degrees of freedom

# Initial values
beta <- matrix(c(1, -4), k_w, r)
u_sigma_i <- diag(1 / .0001, k)
g_i <- u_sigma_i

# Data containers
draws_alpha <- matrix(NA, k_alpha, iterations)
draws_beta <- matrix(NA, k_beta, iterations)
draws_pi <- matrix(NA, k * k_w, iterations)
draws_gamma <- matrix(NA, k_gamma, iterations)
draws_sigma <- matrix(NA, k^2, iterations)

# Start Gibbs sampler
for (draw in 1:draws) {
  # Draw conditional mean parameters
  temp <- post_coint_kls(y = y, beta = beta, w = w, x = x, sigma_i = u_sigma_i,
                         v_i = v_i, p_tau_i = p_tau_i, g_i = g_i,
                         gamma_mu_prior = a_mu_prior,
                         gamma_v_i_prior = a_v_i_prior)
  alpha <- temp$alpha
  beta <- temp$beta
  Pi <- temp$Pi
  gamma <- temp$Gamma
  
  # Draw variance-covariance matrix
  u <- y - Pi %*% w - matrix(gamma, k) %*% x
  u_sigma_scale_post <- solve(tcrossprod(u) +
     v_i * alpha %*% tcrossprod(crossprod(beta, p_tau_i) %*% beta, alpha))
  u_sigma_i <- matrix(rWishart(1, u_sigma_df_post, u_sigma_scale_post)[,, 1], k)
  u_sigma <- solve(u_sigma_i)
  
  # Update g_i
  g_i <- u_sigma_i
  
  # Store draws
  if (draw > burnin) {
    draws_alpha[, draw - burnin] <- alpha
    draws_beta[, draw - burnin] <- beta
    draws_pi[, draw - burnin] <- Pi
    draws_gamma[, draw - burnin] <- gamma
    draws_sigma[, draw - burnin] <- u_sigma
  }
}

# Number of non-deterministic coefficients
k_nondet <- (k_x - 4) * k

# Generate bvec object
bvec_est <- bvec(y = data$data$Y, w = data$data$W,
                 x = data$data$X[, 1:6],
                 x_d = data$data$X[, 7:10],
                 Pi = draws_pi,
                 Gamma = draws_gamma[1:k_nondet,],
                 C = draws_gamma[(k_nondet + 1):nrow(draws_gamma),],
                 Sigma = draws_sigma)

# Thin posterior draws
bvec_est <- thin(bvec_est, thin = 5)

# Transfrom VEC output to VAR output
bvar_form <- bvec_to_bvar(bvec_est)