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General Seemingly Unrelated Local Projections

Florian Huber, Christian Matthes, Michael Pfarrhofer

arXiv 22 Oct 2024 · Econometrics · 1 citations (OpenAlex)

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Abstract

We develop a Bayesian framework for the efficient estimation of impulse responses using Local Projections (LPs) with instrumental variables. It accommodates multiple shocks and instruments, accounts for autocorrelation in multi-step forecasts by jointly modeling all LPs as a seemingly unrelated system of equations, defines a flexible yet parsimonious joint prior for impulse responses based on a Gaussian Process, and allows for joint inference about the entire vector of impulse responses. We show via Monte Carlo simulations that our approach delivers more accurate point and uncertainty estimates than standard methods. To address potential misspecification, we propose an optional robustification step based on power posteriors.

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