Var with sign restriction

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Zied_bct
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Var with sign restriction

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Dear tom

I try to evaluate the impact of exchange rate depreciation on production and price according to Uhlig (2005) Methodologies who impose a positive constrain on fed interest rate .

i must ti impose negative constraint on exchange rate . haow i do this in winrats??
TomDoan
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Re: Var with sign restriction

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See the description on https://estima.com/ratshelp/uhligjme2005.html. The UhligAccept function uses + and - signs on the variable positions to choose between a + sign restriction and a - sign restriction.
Zied_bct
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Re: Var with sign restriction

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TomDoan wrote:See the description on https://estima.com/ratshelp/uhligjme2005.html. The UhligAccept function uses + and - signs on the variable positions to choose between a + sign restriction and a - sign restriction.

Thank you Tom

I have another question :

How i can introduce exogeneous variable in VAR system in Uhlig's program??
TomDoan
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Re: Var with sign restriction

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What do you mean by "exogenous"?
Zied_bct
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Re: Var with sign restriction

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TomDoan wrote:What do you mean by "exogenous"?

fOR Example , i must introduce a dummy variable in VAR system with sign restriction
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Re: Var with sign restriction

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Just change the VAR to include the dummy as a DETERMINISTIC. Dummies have no effect on the impulse responses, so have no effect on the sign restriction calculations.
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