Narrative Sign Restrictions for SVARs

We identify structural vector autoregressions using narrative sign restrictions. Narrative sign restrictions constrain the structural shocks and/or the historical decomposition around key historical events, ensuring that they agree with the established narrative account of these episodes. Using mode...

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Published in:The American economic review 2018-10, Vol.108 (10), p.2802-2829
Main Authors: Antolín-Díaz, Juan, Rubio-Ramírez, Juan F.
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Regression analysis
Restrictions
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