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| author | Read, Matthew Zhu, Dan |
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| contents | We propose algorithms for conducting Bayesian inference in structural vector autoregressions identified using sign restrictions. The key feature of our approach is a sampling step based on 'soft' sign restrictions. This step draws from a target density that smoothly penalises parameter values that violate the restrictions, facilitating the use of computationally efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithms. An importance-sampling step yields draws conditional on the 'hard' sign restrictions. Relative to standard accept-reject sampling, the method substantially speeds up sampling when identification is tight. It also facilitates implementing prior-robust Bayesian methods. We illustrate the broad applicability of the approach in an oil-market model identified using a rich set of sign, elasticity and narrative restrictions. |
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| spellingShingle | Fast Posterior Sampling in Tightly Identified SVARs Using 'Soft' Sign Restrictions Read, Matthew Zhu, Dan Econometrics We propose algorithms for conducting Bayesian inference in structural vector autoregressions identified using sign restrictions. The key feature of our approach is a sampling step based on 'soft' sign restrictions. This step draws from a target density that smoothly penalises parameter values that violate the restrictions, facilitating the use of computationally efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithms. An importance-sampling step yields draws conditional on the 'hard' sign restrictions. Relative to standard accept-reject sampling, the method substantially speeds up sampling when identification is tight. It also facilitates implementing prior-robust Bayesian methods. We illustrate the broad applicability of the approach in an oil-market model identified using a rich set of sign, elasticity and narrative restrictions. |
| title | Fast Posterior Sampling in Tightly Identified SVARs Using 'Soft' Sign Restrictions |
| topic | Econometrics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27088 |