Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224156 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 19.03
Publisher: 
Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee, Gerzensee
Abstract: 
I introduce a factor structure on the parameters of a Bayesian TVP-VAR to reduce the dimension of the model's state space. To further limit the scope of over-fitting the estimation of the factor loadings uses a new generation of shrinkage priors. A Monte Carlo study illustrates the ability of the proposed sampler to well distinguish between time-varying and constant parameters. In an application with Swiss data the model proves useful to capture changes in the economy's dynamics due to the lower bound on nominal interest rates.
Subjects: 
Bayesian VAR
time-varying parameter
dimension reduction
JEL: 
C11
C22
E52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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