Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

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Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby farrel » Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:48 am

Dear Eviews,

I would suggest to create function, which would create a group of variables from equation on which this group depends. This is sort of a mix of functions "makeregs" and "@depends". What I mean?
Assume you have an equation:

equation1.ls INFLATION INFLATION(-1) INFLATION(-2) CRUDEOIL CRUDEOIL(-1) CRUDEOIL(-2) @during("2008m12") @trend

New function, let's call it "makedepends", would create a group of the following variables: INFLATION CRUDEOIL @during("2008m12") @trend
i.e. only those variables, on which equation depends on!

Unlike "makeregs" function, new function eliminates all possible lags. (Imagine rich ARDL model, which determines lags automatically, and using programming it's difficult to extract only variables which "makeregs" depends on)

Another way would be to use the function "@depends" in equation1 to extract variables on which this group depends on. For example, let's make group of regressors "mygroup", then make a string of depends using @depends and transform the string to a new group, as I show below:

equation1.makeregs mygroup
string mystring = mygroup.@depends
group group_{mystring}

But I find the function "@depends" a bit weird. Why?! because in case of equation1, the result would the following group:
group_inflation INFLATION INFLATION INFLATION CRUDEOIL CRUDEOIL CRUDEOIL @during("2008m12") @trend

I mean, why I need series INFLATION and CRUDEOIL 3xtimes in one group?!

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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:56 am

Neat idea.
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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby farrel » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:34 pm

Neat idea.
But what about to implement?! :))

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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby EViews Gareth » Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:02 am

It will be in the next major release
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Re: Possibility to create group of

Postby farrel » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:11 am

It will be in the next major release
Gareth, thank you!

I have 2 more things in the same context. Gareth, could you please to have a look at this?

1. The FIRST

I have tried to extract series from the "makeregs" group and then using @depends function to obtain series, but something doesn't work. Look at the following code using "equation1" from the post above:

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{%equation}.makeregs gr_regs ' make regressors group %str_regs = gr_regs.@depends ' create string of dependent vars group gr_{%str_regs} ' create a group of dependent vars %depreg = gr_{%str_regs}.@seriesname(1) ' make a string of the first series in the group of dep.vars show {%depreg} 'show the first variable in the group of dep.vars
I expect this code to work, but it doesn't. Eviews says that there is an error in "%depreg" (row 4), the string cannot be compiled. But to me, the code seems ok and should work ...

2. The SECOND

About the sequence of variables in the output of ARDL model. Assume ARDL model:

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EQ1.ardl(fixed, deplags=2, reglags=1) LOG(HICP) LOG(WAGESA) LOG(FOOD) @DURING("2005m07")
The sequence of variables in the ouput is the following (and the same sequence using makeregs function):
LOG(HICP) LOG(HICP(-1)) LOG(HICP(-2)) LOG(WAGESA) LOG(WAGESA(-1)) LOG(FOOD) LOG(FOOD(-1)) @DURING("2005m07")

Everything is fine. The sequence of variables is the same in both equation and output.

But if I define EQ1 with fixed lags using @fl() function the sequence of variables changes. Here is equation:

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EQ1.ardl(fixed, deplags=2, reglags=1) LOG(HICP) @FL(LOG(WAGESA),0) LOG(FOOD) @DURING("2005m07")
and here output (or the group using makeregs):
LOG(HICP) LOG(HICP(-1)) LOG(HICP(-2)) LOG(FOOD) LOG(FOOD(-1)) LOG(WAGESA) @DURING("2005m07")

Note that using @fl() function, the variable LOG(WAGESA) goes after LOG(FOOD).
From programming point of view it's disappointing, so I cannot keep the sequence ov variables defining equation and defining the group of variables in this equation.
Is it possibel to fix it?

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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby EViews Gareth » Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:06 am

1) %str_regs has a space in it, so can't be used as a variable name.
2) Unfortunately not.
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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby farrel » Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:50 am

1) OK I see. I overcome it by using string vector and split string in parts.
2) I hope a new "makedepends" function will fix it ...

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Re: Possibility to create group of

Postby farrel » Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:46 am

It will be in the next major release
Gareth, have you managed to introduce this function in Eviews12 we talked a year ago?

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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby farrel » Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:16 pm

Is it still in a pipeline?

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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:19 pm

Actually, I take it back - it is in EViews 12.

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eqname.@depends
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Re: Possibility to create group of "depends" variables from equation

Postby farrel » Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:56 pm

Great. thanks!
Even though the function doesn't reflect dummies [@during()] and trend (@trend). I would add them.


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