Estimation of favar models for incomplete data with a Kalman Filter for factors with observable components

Artikel

This article extends the Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression Model (FAVAR) to mixed-frequency and incomplete panel data. Within the scope of a fully parametric two-step approach, the alternating application of two expectation-maximization algorithms jointly estimates model parameters and missing data. In contrast to the existing literature, we do not require observable factor components to be part of the panel data. For this purpose, we modify the Kalman Filter for factors consisting of latent and observed components, which significantly improves the reconstruction of latent factors according to the performed simulation study. To identify model parameters uniquely, the loadings matrix is constrained. In our empirical application, the presented framework analyzes US data for measuring the effects of the monetary policy on the real economy and financial markets. Here, the consequences for the quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates are of particular importance.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Econometrics ; ISSN: 2225-1146 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1-43 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy ; Monetary Policy
• Subject: forecast error variance decomposition ; expectation-maximization algorithm ; factor-augmented vector autoregression model ; impulse response function ; incomplete data ; Kalman Filter

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ramsauer, Franz ; Min, Aleksey ; Lingauer, Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/econometrics7030031
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/247531
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET