demo/RV.R

##More details about the models can be found in the article
##"The statistical content and empirical testing of the MIDAS restrictions"
##by Virmantas Kvedaras and Vaidotas Zemlys

library(midasr)
data(rvsp500)

ii <- which(rvsp500$DateID=="20120522")
y <- as.numeric(rvsp500[1:ii,2])

allh <- lapply(c(5,10,20,40),function(h){
    rvh <- filter(c(rep(0,h),y),c(rep(1,h),rep(0,h+1)))
    rvh <- rvh[-h:-1]
    y <- y[1:length(rvh)]
    update(midas_r(rvh~fmls(y,70-1,1,nealmon),start=list(y=rep(0,3))),Ofunction="nls")
})

####Compute the derivative test                
dtest <- lapply(allh,deriv_tests)

###The first derivative tests, gradient is zero
sapply(dtest,with,first)
                
###The second derivative tests, hessian is positive definite
sapply(dtest,with,second)

###View summaries
lapply(allh,summary)

##Precompute the meat matrix for robust testing. Takes some time to compute!!!
PHI <- lapply(allh,function(x)meatHAC(x$unrestricted,prewhite=TRUE,weights=weightsAndrews))

###Apply hAh test
lapply(allh,hAh_test)

##Apply robust hAh test with precomputed PHI
mapply(hAhr_test,allh,PHI,SIMPLIFY=FALSE)

##Parameter j is superfluous, j=0 means no logarithm transformation was
##applied, j=1 means that logarithm transformation was applied. The graph
##is made to be the same as in the aforementioned article.

graph <- function(x,phi,j,h) {
    k <- length(coef(x, midas=TRUE, term_names = "y"))
    pv0hac <- hAhr_test(x,PHI=phi)$p.value
    ttl <- sprintf("k(H=%.0f,j=%.0f) = %.0f: p-val.(hAh_HAC) < %.2f", h, j, k, max(pv0hac, 0.01))    
    plot_midas_coef(x, title = ttl, term_name = "y")
}

dev.new()
par(mfrow=c(2,2))

plot_info <- mapply(graph,allh,PHI,as.list(rep(0,4)),as.list(c(5,10,20,40)),SIMPLIFY=FALSE)

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midasr documentation built on Feb. 23, 2021, 5:11 p.m.