Bridge Proxy-SVAR: estimating the macroeconomic effects of shocks identified at high-frequency

Andrea Giovanni Gazzani and Alejandro Vicondoa

No 1274, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel methodology, the Bridge Proxy-SVAR, which exploits high-frequency information for the identification of the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models employed in macroeconomic analysis. The methodology is comprised of three steps: (I) identifying the structural shocks of interest in high-frequency systems; (II) aggregating the series of high-frequency shocks at a lower frequency; and (III) using the aggregated series of shocks as a proxy for the corresponding structural shock in lower frequency VARs. We show that the methodology correctly recovers the impact effect of the shocks, both formally and in Monte Carlo experiments. Thus the Bridge Proxy-SVAR can improve causal inference in macroeconomics that typically relies on VARs identified at low-frequency. In an empirical application, we identify uncertainty shocks in the U.S. by imposing weaker restrictions relative to the existing literature and find that they induce mildly recessionary effects.

Keywords: structural vector autoregression; external instrument; high-frequency identification; proxy variable; uncertainty shocks. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 C36 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04
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