New tool reveals hidden economic trends for predicting Chinese real exchange rate.
Researchers have developed tools to analyze historical decompositions and impulse response functions in (S)VAR models using Stata. They focus on computing cumulative structural impulse responses for SVAR models with long-run restrictions. These responses show how the levels of variables react to identified structural innovations. The tools also allow for asymmetry in error bands when estimating impulse response functions. Additionally, a package is created to compute historical decompositions of variables based on estimated structural shocks. These tools can be used to determine the equilibrium Chinese real exchange rate.