NumOutputs function

Constructs the model numerical outputs (model fit, IRFs, GIRFs, FEVDs, GFEVDs, and risk premia decomposition)

NumOutputs(ModelType, ModelPara, InputsForOutputs, FactorLabels, Economies)

Arguments

• ModelType: A character vector indicating the model type to be estimated.
• ModelPara: A list containing the point estimates of the model parameters. For details, refer to the outputs from the Optimization function.
• InputsForOutputs: A list containing the necessary inputs for generating IRFs, GIRFs, FEVDs, GFEVDs and Term Premia.
• FactorLabels: A list of character vectors with labels for all variables in the model.
• Economies: A character vector containing the names of the economies included in the system.

Returns

List of the model numerical outputs, namely

1. Model fit of bond yields
2. IRFs
3. FEVDs
4. GIRFs
5. GFEVDs
6. Bond yield decomposition

Details

Both IRFs and FEVDs are computed using the Cholesky decomposition method. The risk factors are ordered as follows: (i) global unspanned factors, and (ii) domestic unspanned and spanned factors for each country. The order of countries follows the sequence defined in the Economies vector.

Examples

# See an example of implementation in the vignette file of this package (Section 4).

References

Pesaran, H. Hashem, and Shin, Yongcheol. "Generalized impulse response analysis in linear multivariate models." Economics letters 58.1 (1998): 17-29.