Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153146 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 712
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper shows how large-dimensional dynamic factor models are suitable for structural analysis. We establish sufficient conditions for identification of the structural shocks and the associated impulse response functions. In particular, we argue that, if the data follow an approximate factor structure, the “problem of fundamentalness”, which is intractable in structural VARs, can be solved provided that the impulse responses are sufficiently heterogeneous. Finally, we propose a consistent method (and n, T rates of convergence) to estimate the impulse-response functions, as well as a bootstrapping procedure for statistical inference.
Subjects: 
Dynamic Factor Models
fundamentalness
Identification
structural VARs
JEL: 
E0
C1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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