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SVAR Matrix A and B

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:22 am
by stefanp
Dear all,

I' m working on a block recursive VAR. Hence, my identification matrix is not lower triangular. Clearly, in order to impose the restrictions I need to specify matrix A.

However, why do I need matrix B? And how do I obtain this matrix B?

Best,
Stefan

Re: SVAR Matrix A and B

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:36 am
by stefanp
No ideas?