Delta-method inference for a class of set-identified SVARs

Bulat Gafarov, Matthias Meier and José Luis Montiel Olea

Journal of Econometrics, 2018, vol. 203, issue 2, 316-327

Abstract: We study vector autoregressions that impose equality and/or inequality restrictions to set-identify the dynamic responses to a single structural shock. We make three contributions. First, we present an algorithm to compute the largest and smallest value that an impulse-response coefficient can attain over its identified set. Second, we provide conditions under which these largest and smallest values are directionally differentiable functions of the model’s reduced-form parameters. Third, we propose a delta-method approach to conduct inference about the structural impulse-response coefficients. We use our results to assess the effects of the announcement of the Quantitative Easing program in August 2010.

Keywords: Set-identification; Sign restrictions; SVAR; Directional differentiability; Unconventional monetary policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C32 E47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2017.12.004

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