Bayesian Model Averaging and Jointness Measures for gretl

Marcin Błażejowski and Jacek Kwiatkowski ()
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Jacek Kwiatkowski: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Faculty of Economics and Management

No 2, gretl working papers from Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali

Abstract: This paper presents a software package that implements Bayesian model averaging for gretl, the GNU regression, econometrics and time-series library. Bayesian model averaging is a model-building strategy that takes account of model uncertainty in conclusions about estimated parameters. It is an efficient tool for discovering the most probable models and obtaining estimates of their posterior characteristics. In recent years we have observed an increasing number of software packages devoted to Bayesian model averaging for different statistical and econometric software. In this paper, we propose the BMA package for gretl, which is an increasingly popular free, open-source software for econometric analysis with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. We introduce the BMA package for linear regression models with jointness measures proposed by Ley and Steel (2007) and Doppelhofer and Weeks (2009).

Keywords: Bayesian model averaging; jointness measures; gretl; Hansl (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C11 C21 C51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2015-10-30
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