Focused information criterion for locally misspecified vector autoregressive models

Jan Lohmeyer, Franz Palm, Hanno Reuvers and Jean-Pierre Urbain

Econometric Reviews, 2019, vol. 38, issue 7, 763-792

Abstract: This paper investigates the focused information criterion and plug-in average for vector autoregressive models with local-to-zero misspecification. These methods have the advantage of focusing on a quantity of interest rather than aiming at overall model fit. Any (sufficiently regular) function of the parameters can be used as a quantity of interest. We determine the asymptotic properties and elaborate on the role of the locally misspecified parameters. In particular, we show that the inability to consistently estimate locally misspecified parameters translates into suboptimal selection and averaging. We apply this framework to impulse response analysis. A Monte Carlo simulation study supports our claims.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2017.1409410

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