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T1 - Identification of vector AR models with recursive structural errors using conditional independence graphs.
AU - Tunnicliffe Wilson, Granville
AU - Reale, Marco
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Statistics and Operational Research
PY - 2001/1
Y1 - 2001/1
N2 - In canonical vector time series autoregressions, which permit dependence only on past values, the errors generally show contemporaneous correlation. By contrast structural vector autoregressions allow contemporaneous series dependence and assume errors with no contemporaneous correlation. Such models having a recursive structure can be described by a directed acyclic graph. We show, with the use of a real example, how the identification of these models may be assisted by examination of the conditional independence graph of contemporaneous and lagged variables. In this example we identify the causal dependence of monthly Italian bank loan interest rates on government bond and repurchase agreement rates. When the number of series is larger, the structural modelling of the canonical errors alone is a useful initial step, and we first present such an example to demonstrate the general approach to identifying a directed graphical model.
AB - In canonical vector time series autoregressions, which permit dependence only on past values, the errors generally show contemporaneous correlation. By contrast structural vector autoregressions allow contemporaneous series dependence and assume errors with no contemporaneous correlation. Such models having a recursive structure can be described by a directed acyclic graph. We show, with the use of a real example, how the identification of these models may be assisted by examination of the conditional independence graph of contemporaneous and lagged variables. In this example we identify the causal dependence of monthly Italian bank loan interest rates on government bond and repurchase agreement rates. When the number of series is larger, the structural modelling of the canonical errors alone is a useful initial step, and we first present such an example to demonstrate the general approach to identifying a directed graphical model.
KW - Partial correlation - moralization - causality - graphical modelling - lending channel
U2 - 10.1007/BF02511639
DO - 10.1007/BF02511639
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 49
EP - 65
JO - Statistical Methods and Applications
JF - Statistical Methods and Applications
SN - 1618-2510
IS - 1-3
ER -