A Theory of Data-Oriented Identification with a SVAR Application
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1 A Theory of Data-Oriented Identification with a SVAR Application Nikolay Arefiev Higher School of Economics August 20, 2015 The 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montréal, Canada and August 26, 2015 The 30th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Mannheim, Germany 1 / 31
2 Acknowledgments This research was inspired by online course at Coursera Probabilistic Graphical Models lectured by Daphne Koller. I thank Alina Arefeva, Antoine d Autume, Svetlana Bryzgalova, Jean-Bernard Chatelain, Boris Demeshev, Jean-Pierre Drugeon, Jean-Marie Dufour, Bulat Gafarov, James Hamilton, Oleg Itskhoki, Maarten Janssen, Grigory Kantorovich, Ramis Khabibulin, Sergey Kusnetzov, Jessie Li, Judea Pearl, Anatoly Peresetsky, Christopher Sims, Alain Trognon, Ilya Voskoboynikov, and Mark Watson for helpful comments and suggestions. I also thank participants of groups 7inR and Macroteam, and other colleagues from University Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and from The Higher School of Economics for fruitful discussions. This study (research grant No ) was supported by The National Research University Higher School of Economics Academic Fund Program in 2014/ / 31
3 Research question Correlation does not imply causation; corr(x, y) 0 may be because: u x y x y x y How to measure causal effects? Use theory to formulate identification assumptions Competing theories may produce contradictory conclusions 3 / 31
4 Research question Correlation does not imply causation; corr(x, y) 0 may be because: u x y x y x y How to measure causal effects? Use theory to formulate identification assumptions Competing theories may produce contradictory conclusions Research question: Is this possible to find a set of inclusion and exclusion restrictions, such that: Each restriction be not only theoretically justified but also empirically verified Taken together, the restrictions be sufficient for the full identification the structural model? 3 / 31
5 Result Linear Gaussian SEM with orthogonal structural shocks: AY = BZ + C + E Y and Z: vectors of endogenous and exogenous variables A, B, C : matrices and vector of parameters E : vector of structural shocks E ( EE T ) is diagonal The central result: For linear Gaussian models with orthogonal structural shocks I show how to use over-identifying restrictions: 1. To formulate many testable inclusions and exclusions (may be more than the number of parameters in A, B and C) 2. To verify whether they suffice for the full testable identification 4 / 31
6 Contributions to the theory of graphical identification 1. Graphical identification of cyclical models Instead of relying on recursiveness assumption, I use graphical interpretations of: Rank condition Rubio-Ramírez, Waggoner and Zha (2010) Partial identification 2. More testable identifying restrictions AY = BZ + C + E Not only A T A, but also A T B, B T B, A T IR and many others 3. Application example: SVAR monetary model for the US economy Lucas Islands economy assumption fully identifies the model using only testable restrictions, producing no IRF anomalities 5 / 31
7 Plan 1. The central idea in a simple example 2. Potential pitfalls and recipes 3. Application: SVAR monetary model for the US Economy 6 / 31
8 1. Example: How the method works 7 / 31
9 Example: Demand and Supply q + αp = c 1 + γz d + ε d q βp = c 2 + δz s + ε s q and p are the quantity and the price z d and z s are some demand and supply determinants Table : Identifying restrictions Instrument Exclusions Inclusions z d z d supply z d demand z s z s demand z s supply My result: E(ε d ε s ) = 0 each identifying restriction is testable 8 / 31
10 The key tool The (generalized) moral graph: can be estimated from the data in almost all parameter points may define a unique structural model 9 / 31
11 Moral graph q + αp = c 1 + γz d + ε d q βp = c 2 + δz s + ε s The nodes: X = { p, q, z d, z s} z d q z s p 10 / 31
12 Moral graph q + αp = c 1 + γz d + ε d q βp = c 2 + δz s + ε s The nodes in the example: X = { p, q, z d, z s} Each structural equation produces a clique z d q z s p 10 / 31
13 Moral graph q + αp = c 1 + γz d + ε d q βp = c 2 + δz s + ε s The nodes in the example: X = { p, q, z d, z s} Each structural equation produces a clique z d q z s p 10 / 31
14 Moral graph q + αp = c 1 + γz d + ε d q βp = c 2 + δz s + ε s The nodes in the example: X = { p, q, z d, z s} Each structural equation produces a clique z d q z s p 10 / 31
15 This MG defines a unique structural model z d q z s p Clique Cover Problem (CCP): find as few cliques as possible to cover the entire graph In this example the CCP has a unique solution with 2 cliques. Each cliques includes the variable from one structural equation. MG uniquely defines the structural equations 11 / 31
16 Testing individual edges of the moral graph AY = BZ + C + E Let X = {Y, Z} For two variables {x i, x j }, where at least one is endogenous: x i x j MG corr(x i, x j X i,j ) = 0 almost everywhere More general restrictions (for larger moral graphs): A T A, A T B, B T B, A T IR are the same for all observationally equivalent models Each entry of these matrices is associated with an edge in MG 12 / 31
17 How the method works The moral graph: can be estimated from the data almost everywhere may define a unique structural model 13 / 31
18 2. Pitfalls and recipes 14 / 31
19 Is the Generic Assumption crucial? z d q z s p May be unsatisfied where 2 or more cliques overlap If theory available: do not test qp No theory: may be a problem 15 / 31
20 Is sequential hypothesis testing (SHT) a problem? z d q z s p If theory available: do not remove insignificant blue edges No theory: may be a problem 16 / 31
21 Correlated structural shocks E(EE d ) is not diagonal Every edge is significant identification rejected Insignificant edges present misidentification Limitation of the scientific approach 17 / 31
22 The theory is wrong z d q z s p Edge z d z s is present and significant identification rejected Edge z d z s is present but insignificant misidentification Limitation of the scientific approach 18 / 31
23 Potential pitfalls and recipes No prior theory unreliable results With a theory: The method inherits all limitation of the scientific approach Do not rely on the tests associated with the edges for which the generic assumption may be not satisfied Do not remove insignificant edges if the theory predicts that they may be present With these reservations, this is a reliable approach of data-oriented identification 19 / 31
24 Application example 20 / 31
25 SVAR monetary model for the US economy Objective: to estimate the Taylor rule and the IRFs for the monetary policy shocks US data 1967Q1:2007Q4; no unconventional policy Plan for this section: 1. Choosing variables to include 2. Choosing identification restrictions 3. Estimated IRFs 21 / 31
26 1. Which variables to include? Models with three variables r is the federal interest rate g is the GDP growth rate π is the GDP deflator inflation rate Problem: no direct significant effect of r on π r g may be ± estimated π If {r π mediated by g} {biased IRF, price puzzle} Weak or irrelevant? Ill identification in either case 22 / 31
27 Considered models with 3 and 4 variables r Federal interest rate c The capacity utilization rate g The GDP growth rate π The GDP deflator inflation rate π c The commodity price inflation rate Testable restrictions on A, B, and IR 23 / 31
28 Model with r, c, g, π r is the federal interest rate c is the capacity utilization g is the GDP growth rate π is the GDP deflator inflation g r π + The mediators can distinguish between the AD and AS shocks c 24 / 31
29 From 4 to 6 variables New problem in 4-vars model: In response to a restrictive MP shock, c jumps up and only then starts to decrease May be because of confounding Inclusion of the unemployment rate u makes the jump insignificant; Inclusion of u and π c completely eliminates the jump. The final model: r is the federal interest rate; u is the unemployment rate; c is the capacity utilization rate; g is the GDP growth rate; π is the GDP deflator inflation rate; π c is the commodity price inflation rate. 25 / 31
30 Theory for identification: Lucas Islands economy Example: Full information new Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC): π t = βe t π t πt adjacent to each contemporaneous variable NKPC augmented with the Lucas s Island assumption justified by rational inattention: π t = βe (π t+1 c t, g t, π t, π c ) +... πt adjacent to c t, g t, π c May be not adjacent to rt, u t 26 / 31
31 Estimated Moral Graph L 2 r π c 0.5 < q and p < p and q < q and p < q and q < q and q < q and q 0.01 q π g L 2 π c Lπ r Lg Lc Lu L 2 u c L 2 g Lπ c Lr u L 2 π L 2 c 27 / 31
32 Rejecting the full information hypothesis Arefiev, Kusnetzov (2015) estimate MG for the real data and for the Smets Wouters (2007) model generated data Much more dense MG for DSGE data Consider edge consumption - investment: Absent for real data, present for DSGE-generated data Disappears when Lucas assumption introduced The full information hypothesis is rejected in the Smets and Wouters model 28 / 31
33 Estimated response to restrictive monetary policy shock Interest rate Unemployment Capacity utilization GDP Growth Inflation Commodity price inflation Quarters Gray zone: outside 90% bootstrap confidence intervals Dashed lines: ±1σ 29 / 31
34 All IRFs Response Unidentified Restrictive monetary unemployment shock policy shock Interest rate Unemployment Capacity utilization GDP Growth Inflation Commodity price inflation Impulse Positive AD shock Positive AS shock GDP deflator Inflation Stagflation shock Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarters Quarter 30 / 31
35 Conclusions A theory of data-oriented identification for cyclical models A reliable approach when prior theory is available Application example: full testable identification produces IRF consistent with the macroeconomic theory 31 / 31
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