fevdplot: Plotting variance decompositions with error bands from VAR...

In VARsignR: Sign Restrictions, Bayesian, Vector Autoregression Models

Description

Generates plots of forecast error variance decompositions (FEVDs) with error bands from VAR posterior draws

Usage

fevdplot(fevddraws=NULL, type="median", labels=unlist(dimnames(fevddraws)[3]), save=FALSE,
          bands=c(0.16, 0.84), grid=TRUE, bw=FALSE, table=FALSE, periods=NULL)

Arguments

fevddraws	A draws x steps x nvar array of posterior variance decompositions.
type	A string, either "median" or "mean" response, specifying the type of response to be plotted. The default is "median".
labels	A list of variable labels for FEVD plots, The default are the variable names of the model.
save	A logical statement to save the graph in the current working directory. The default is 'FALSE'.
bands	A list of length 2 containing the error bands of the decompositions. If bands='NULL', only FEVDs are plotted. The default is c(0.16, 0.84).
grid	A logical statement on whether or not to generate grid lines in the plots. The default is 'TRUE'.
bw	A logical statement on whether or not to generate black and white or colour graphs. The default is 'FALSE'.
table	A logical statement on whether or not a table should be returned instead of a graph. The default is 'FALSE'.
periods	A list of length smaller or equal the number of response steps. If periods='NULL', all periods are shown in the table. The default is 'NULL'.

Details

This function generates plots of forecast error variance decompositions (FEVDs) with error bands from VAR posterior draws produced by a Bayesian VAR model.

Value

The function returns a plot or table of the FEVDs with user-selected percentiles.

Note

Users should consult the reference papers and the package vignette for more information.

Author(s)

Christian Danne

See Also

fp.target, irfplot.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Replication of Figure 5 of Uhlig (2005)

set.seed(12345)
data(uhligdata)

# variable labels for plots
vl <- c("GDP","GDP Deflator","Comm.Pr.Index","Fed Funds Rate",
        "NB Reserves", "Total Reserves")

# estimates the model
model0 <- rfbvar(Y=uhligdata, nlags=12, draws=1000, constant=FALSE,
                  steps=60, shock=4)

# get posterior draws
fevd0 <- model0$FEVDS

# plot impulse response functions
fevdplot(fevddraws=fevd0, type="median", labels=vl, save=FALSE, bands=c(0.16, 0.84),
        grid=TRUE, bw=FALSE)


## End(Not run)
 

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