A structural Bayesian VAR for model-based fan charts

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2008
Volume: 40
Issue: 12
Pages: 1557-1569

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1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

Inflation forecast uncertainty is of importance for a wide range of agents in the economy, central banks in particular. Ways to describe and account for this uncertainty in a consistent manner have received increasing attention of late, in part due to the growing number of inflation-targeting central banks. This article develops a large structural VAR for the Swedish economy and estimates it in a Bayesian framework. The methodology permits not only structural interpretation and analysis but offers a natural way to formalize forecast uncertainty, as the posterior predictive density from the model has the interpretation of a fan chart.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:40:y:2008:i:12:p:1557-1569
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29