Identification of SVAR models by combining sign restrictions with external instruments

Robin Braun and Ralf Brüggemann ()
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Ralf Brüggemann: University of Konstanz

No 961, Bank of England working papers from Bank of England

Abstract: We discuss combining sign restrictions with information in external instruments (proxy variables) to identify structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) models. In one setting, we assume the availability of valid external instruments. Sign restrictions may then be used to identify further orthogonal shocks, or as an additional piece of information to pin down the shocks identified by the external instruments more precisely. In a second setting, we assume that proxy variables are only ‘plausibly exogenous’ and suggest various types of inequality restrictions to bound the relation between structural shocks and the external variable. This can be combined with conventional sign restrictions to further narrow down the set of admissible models. Within a proxy-augmented SVAR, we conduct Bayesian inference and discuss computation of Bayes factors. They can be useful to test either the sign or IV restrictions as overidentifying. We illustrate the usefulness of our methodology in estimating the effects of oil supply and monetary policy shocks.

Keywords: Structural vector autoregressive model; sign restrictions; external instruments; proxy VAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C11 C32 E32 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2022-02-11
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Working Paper: Identification of SVAR Models by Combining Sign Restrictions With External Instruments (2017)
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