Bayesian point estimation of the cointegration space |
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Authors: | Mattias Villani |
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Institution: | Research Division, Sveriges Riksbank and Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, Sweden |
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Abstract: | A neglected aspect of the otherwise fairly well developed Bayesian analysis of cointegration is point estimation of the cointegration space. It is pointed out here that, due to the well known non-identification of the cointegration vectors, the parameter space is not Euclidean and the loss functions underlying the conventional Bayes estimators are therefore questionable. We present a Bayes estimator of the cointegration space which takes the curved geometry of the parameter space into account. This estimate has the interpretation of being the posterior mean cointegration space and is invariant to the order of the time series, a property not shared with many of the Bayes estimators in the cointegration literature. An overall measure of cointegration space uncertainty is also proposed. Australian interest rate data are used for illustration. A small simulation study shows that the new Bayes estimator compares favorably to the maximum likelihood estimator. |
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Keywords: | C11 C13 C32 |
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