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Impulse response function

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:57 am
by conti86
Hi everybody.

Guys, I really need you help. I have estimated VAR model on oil supply shocks. Now I would like to built impulse response functions (IRFs) and interpret them. However, these IRFs show me the response of a particular variable to the positive shock in oil supply, but I have to look at response to negative shock. For example, Eviews shows me that GDP increases if there is more oil produced (positive shock). But I would like to look at the reverse relation: decrease of GDP as a response to decrease in oil supply.

Does anybody know whether Eviews is able to do this or not?

P.S. I want to use Cholesky dof adjusted.

Re: Impulse response function

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:56 pm
by startz
Hi everybody.

Guys, I really need you help. I have estimated VAR model on oil supply shocks. Now I would like to built impulse response functions (IRFs) and interpret them. However, these IRFs show me the response of a particular variable to the positive shock in oil supply, but I have to look at response to negative shock. For example, Eviews shows me that GDP increases if there is more oil produced (positive shock). But I would like to look at the reverse relation: decrease of GDP as a response to decrease in oil supply.

Does anybody know whether Eviews is able to do this or not?

P.S. I want to use Cholesky dof adjusted.
Just change the sign of your result.

Re: Impulse response function

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:03 pm
by conti86
Hi everybody.

Guys, I really need you help. I have estimated VAR model on oil supply shocks. Now I would like to built impulse response functions (IRFs) and interpret them. However, these IRFs show me the response of a particular variable to the positive shock in oil supply, but I have to look at response to negative shock. For example, Eviews shows me that GDP increases if there is more oil produced (positive shock). But I would like to look at the reverse relation: decrease of GDP as a response to decrease in oil supply.

Does anybody know whether Eviews is able to do this or not?

P.S. I want to use Cholesky dof adjusted.
Just change the sign of your result.
I tried to change signs in Cholesky ordering, impulses, responses, but got the message "Error in specification of innovations or responses". Could you please explain more exlicitly where exactly I have to change sign?

Re: Impulse response function

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:05 pm
by startz
Just change the sign of the result?

Re: Impulse response function

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:10 pm
by conti86
Just change the sign of the result?
I do understand what you have written before and now. I just wanted to get nicer picture... Thanks anyway.