function [yhat,Estr,rcon,Ome,Rmat,u,v,d] = fidencond(valuecon,stepcon,varcon,nconstr,... nstepsm,nvar,lags,yfore,imf3s,phil,Bh,eq_iden,steps_iden) % Estimating conditional forecasting in the identified model %function [yhat,Estr,rcon,Ome,Rmat,u,v,d] = fidencond(valuecon,stepcon,varcon,nconstr,... % nstepsm,nvar,lags,yfore,imf3s,phil,Bh,eq_iden,steps_iden) % % valuecon: vector of values conditioned % stepcon: sequence (cell) of steps conditioned; if length(stepcon{i}) > 1, the condition % is then an arithmetic average of log(y) over the stepcon{i} period. % varcon: vector of variables conditioned % nconstr: number of constraints % nstepsm: maximum number of steps in all constraints % nvar: number of variables in the BVAR model % lags: number of lags in the BVAR model % yfore: uncondtional forecasts: forep-by-nvar % imf3s: 3-dimensional impulse responses matrix: % impsteps-by-nvar shocks-by-nvar responses % phil: the 1-by-(nvar*lags+1) data matrix where k=nvar*lags+1 % (last period plus lags before the beginning of forecast) % Bh: reduced-form parameter matrix: k-by-nvar, y(t) = X(t)*Bh+e(t) % where X(t) is k-by-nvar and y(t) is 1-by-nvar % eq_iden: identified equation or shock (in terms of number). % If eq_iden=[], then'fidencond' is, similar to RATS, to compute % forecasts with *all* shocks. % If length(eq_iden)=1, compute forecasts with only "MS" shocks. % If eq_iden = [a b c], a is # of constraints for all shocks (<=nconstr), % b is location of MS, and c is max steps for all shocks. % My recall is that this option has never been tested 9/18/98 % steps_iden: a vector (set) of steps for identified shocks. Valid only % if length(eq_iden)=1. Note, length(steps_iden) must nconstr. % ------ % yhat: conditional forecasts: forep-by-nvar % Estr: backed-out structural shocks (from N(0,1)) % rcon: vector - the difference between valuecon and log(yfore) (unconditional forecasts) % Rcon: k-by-q (q constranits and k=nvar*max(nsteps)) so that % Rcon'*e = rcon where e is k-by-1, where k=nvar*nstepm % Rmat: nstepsm-by-nvar (shocks), for only one constraint at a time. See Zha's % Forecast (1), pp.5-6 % Ome: k-by-k: covariance matrix of vectorized structural shocks vec(Estr) % % [u,d,v]: svd(Rcon,0) % %% See Zha's note "Forecast (1)" pp.5-7, RATS manual (some errors in RATS), etc. % %% Some notations: y(t+1) = y(t)B1 + e(t+1)inv(A0). e(t+1) is 1-by-n. %% Let r(t+1)=e(t+1)inv(A0) + e(t+2)C + .... where inv(A0) is impulse %% response at t=1, C at t=2, etc. The row of inv(A0) or C is %% all responses to one shock. %% Let r be q-by-1 (such as r(1) = r(t+1) %% = y(t+1) (constrained) - y(t+1) (forecast)). %% Use impulse responses to find out R (k-by-q) where k=nvar*nsteps %% where nsteps the largest constrained step. The key of the program %% is to creat R using impulse responses %% Optimal solution for shock e where R'*e=r and e is k-by-1 is %% e = R*inv(R'*R)*r. % % Copyright (c) February 1998 by Tao Zha % NOTE: the code needs to be improved, 10/19/98 (use lzpaper/fcstidcnd.m for the time being). %IdenShock = ~isempty(eq_iden); % if not empty, the shock is identified forep=size(yfore,1); impsteps=size(imf3s,1); if (forep # of forecast or impulse steps!!') %warning %return end if max(steps_iden) < nconstr disp('Increase # of identified steps or decrease # of constraints') error('length(steps_iden) > nconstr') end kfs = nvar*nstepsm; % k -- fs: free shocks %*** initializing Rcon = zeros(kfs,nconstr); % R: k-by-q Econ = zeros(kfs,1); % E: k-by-1 rcon = zeros(nconstr,1); % r: q-by-1 %rcon=valuecon-diag(yfore(stepcon,varcon)); % another way is to use "loop" below. A0in = reshape(imf3s(1,:,:),nvar,nvar); % nvar shocks-by-nvar responses for i=1:nconstr rcon(i)=valuecon(i)-mean(yfore(stepcon{i},varcon(i))); %rcon(i)=valuecon(i)-sum(yfore(stepcon{i},varcon(i))); Rmat = zeros(nstepsm,nvar); % Rmat: row--nstepsm, column--nvar shocks (here all shocks except % the identified one are set to zero) for a particular % endogenous variable 'varcon(i)'. See Zha Forcast (1), pp.6-7 r2mat = zeros(nstepsm,1); % simply one identified equation % Must be here inside the loop because it's matrix of one column of Rcon for j=1:length(stepcon{i}) if (length(eq_iden)==1) r2mat(1:stepcon{i}(j)) = r2mat(1:stepcon{i}(j)) + ... imf3s(stepcon{i}(j):-1:1,eq_iden,varcon(i)); elseif (length(eq_iden)>1) if (i<=eq_iden(1)) Rmat(1:stepcon{i}(j),:) = Rmat(1:stepcon{i}(j),:) + ... imf3s(stepcon{i}(j):-1:1,:,varcon(i)); else Rmat(1:eq_iden(3),:) = Rmat(1:eq_iden(3),:) + ... imf3s(stepcon{i}(j):-1:stepcon{i}(j)-eq_iden(3)+1,:,varcon(i)); Rmat(eq_iden(3)+1:stepcon{i}(j),eq_iden(2)) = ... Rmat(eq_iden(3)+1:stepcon{i}(j),eq_iden(2)) + ... imf3s(stepcon{i}(j)-eq_iden(3):-1:1,eq_iden(2),varcon(i)); end else Rmat(1:stepcon{i}(j),:) = Rmat(1:stepcon{i}(j),:) + ... imf3s(stepcon{i}(j):-1:1,:,varcon(i)); % Rmat: row--nstepsm, column--nvar shocks (here all shocks are % *not* set to zero) for a particular endogenous % variable 'varcon(i)'. See Zha Forcast (1), pp.6-7 end end % if (length(eq_iden)==1) Rmat(steps_iden,eq_iden) = r2mat(steps_iden); % for only one constraint at a time end Rmat=Rmat/length(stepcon{i}); % <<>> Rmatt = Rmat'; % Now, nvar-by-nstepsm. I think here is where RATS has an error % i.e. "OVERR" is not transposed when overlaid to "CAPR" Rcon(:,i)=Rmatt(:); % Rcon: k-by-q where q=nconstr end if nconstr [u d v]=svd(Rcon,0); %trial. Rcon: k-by-q; u: k-by-q % rtr = Rcon'*Rcon; %trial % rtrinv = inv(Rcon'*Rcon); %trial vd=v.*(ones(size(v,2),1)*diag(d)'); %trial dinv = 1./diag(d); % inv(diag(d)) vdinv=v.*(ones(size(v,2),1)*dinv'); %trial rtr=vd*vd'; % R'*R rtrinv = vdinv*vdinv'; % inv(R'*R) Ome = eye(kfs) - u*u'; % note: I-u*u' = I - R*inv(R'*R)*R'; k-by-k Econ = Rcon*rtrinv*rcon; % E = R*inv(R'R)*r; mean else Econ = zeros(kfs,1); Rcon = NaN; rcon = NaN; u = NaN; d = NaN; v = NaN; end Estr = reshape(Econ,nvar,nstepsm); Estr = Estr'; % transpose so that % Estr: structural shocks. Row--steps, Column--n shocks Ures = Estr*A0in; % nstepsm-by-nvar % Ures: reduced-form residuals. Row--steps; Column--n shocks %Ures = Estr*A0in; % ** reconstruct x(t) for y(t+h) = x(t+h-1)*B % ** where phi = x(t+h-1) with last column being constant % tcwc = nvar*lags; % total coefficients without constant phi=phil; % yhat = zeros(forep,nvar); for k=1:forep if (k<=nstepsm) epsl = Ures(k,:); yhat(k,:) = phi*Bh + epsl; %yhat(k,:) = phi*Bh; phi(1,nvar+1:tcwc) = phi(1,1:tcwc-nvar); phi(1,1:nvar) = yhat(k,:); else yhat(k,:) = phi*Bh; phi(1,nvar+1:tcwc) = phi(1,1:tcwc-nvar); phi(1,1:nvar) = yhat(k,:); end end