The RATS Software Forum

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Announcements and information regarding the RATS Software Forum

RATS Product Announcements
Announcements from Estima regarding our RATS software.

Newsletters
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Course Announcements
Announcements regarding upcoming Web courses and seminars.
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ARCH GARCH and Volatility
Private forum for participants in the web course on ARCH, GARCH, and volatility models.
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RATS Programming Manual
This is the development of a 2nd Edition of Enders' RATS Programming Manual.
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RATS Procedures
Use this forum to post complete RATS "procedures". Please be sure to include instructions on using the procedure and detailed references where applicable.

Examples and Sample Code
Use this forum for posting example programs or short bits of sample code.

Looking for Code?
If you are seeking RATS code for implementing a particular technique or replicating results from a paper, post your request here. Be sure to include complete citations for any papers or books.

Data: Reading, Writing, Transforming
For questions and discussion related to reading in and working with data.

Graphics, Reports, and Other Output
For questions and discussion related to graphs, reports, and other output, including issues related to presenting or publishing results.

Help With Programming
Use this forum to post questions about syntax problems or general programming issues. Questions on implementing a particular aspect of econometrics should go in "Econometrics Issues" below.

Other RATS Usage Questions
For questions that don't fall into one of the categories above, such as working with the RATS interface, using Wizards, etc.

RATS for Teachers & Students
A forum for students and teachers using RATS in a classroom setting

Tips and Tricks
Helpful hints, useful features you may not be aware of, and more

Suggestion Box
Use this for suggestions about improvements in RATS

VARs (Vector Autoregression Models)
Questions and discussions on Vector Autoregressions

ARCH and GARCH Models
Discussions of ARCH, GARCH, and related models

State Space Models/DSGE
Discussion of State Space and Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models

Structural Breaks and Switching Models
Discussion of models with structural breaks or endogenous switching.

Panel Data
Questions related to panel (pooled cross-section time series) data.

Other Time Series Analysis
Questions and discussions on Time Series Analysis

General Econometrics
Econometrics questions and discussions

CATS News and Announcements
Announcements regarding the CATS cointegration procedure

CATS Questions
A forum for questions and answers regarding the CATS cointegration procedure