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Provides posterior mean, standard deviations, as well as 5 and 95 percentiles of the parameters for all C countries.

Usage

# S3 method for class 'PosteriorBVARs'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

object

an object of class PosteriorBVARs obtained using the estimate() function applied to Vector Autoregressions containing draws from the posterior distribution of the parameters.

...

additional arguments affecting the summary produced.

Value

A list reporting the posterior mean, standard deviations, as well as 5 and 95 percentiles of the country-specific parameters.

Author

Tomasz Woźniak wozniak.tom@pm.me

Examples

# specify the model
specification = specify_bvarPANEL$new(
      ilo_dynamic_panel[1:5], 
      exogenous = ilo_exogenous_variables[1:5])
burn_in       = estimate(specification, 5)             # run the burn-in
#> **************************************************|
#> bpvars: Forecasting with Bayesian Panel VARs      |
#> **************************************************|
#>  Progress of the MCMC simulation for 5 draws
#>     Every draw is saved via MCMC thinning
#>  Press Esc to interrupt the computations
#> **************************************************|
posterior     = estimate(burn_in, 5)                   # estimate the model
#> **************************************************|
#> bpvars: Forecasting with Bayesian Panel VARs      |
#> **************************************************|
#>  Progress of the MCMC simulation for 5 draws
#>     Every draw is saved via MCMC thinning
#>  Press Esc to interrupt the computations
#> **************************************************|
summary(posterior)
#> $AFG
#> $AFG$Sigma
#> $AFG$Sigma$equation1
#>                   mean          sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[1,1] 0.004292359 0.001373957 0.002503307  0.005579051
#> 
#> $AFG$Sigma$equation2
#>                   mean          sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[2,1] -0.01308264 0.004202147 -0.01777946  -0.00803812
#> Sigma[2,2]  0.23490204 0.020585426  0.21114152   0.25304559
#> 
#> $AFG$Sigma$equation3
#>                   mean          sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[3,1]  0.01398899 0.007533275  0.006326656   0.02325997
#> Sigma[3,2] -0.21460194 0.047000118 -0.262866332  -0.15870082
#> Sigma[3,3]  0.34116587 0.105098543  0.211465841   0.43639097
#> 
#> $AFG$Sigma$equation4
#>                    mean          sd   5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[4,1]  0.009529448 0.007974917  0.0004460037   0.01806362
#> Sigma[4,2] -0.127347664 0.049369630 -0.1761050737  -0.07063630
#> Sigma[4,3]  0.283642828 0.098683928  0.1636336692   0.37726576
#> Sigma[4,4]  0.262958797 0.089846885  0.1545455028   0.35330882
#> 
#> 
#> $AFG$A
#> $AFG$A$equation1
#>                   mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.973143176 0.01473969  0.95858841   0.99205587
#> lag1_var2  0.016380279 0.08288278 -0.06946108   0.11031798
#> lag1_var3  0.032300321 0.16084275 -0.13994235   0.20007480
#> lag1_var4 -0.022004373 0.13405310 -0.15262100   0.12505448
#> const      0.192348715 1.24469407 -1.37417988   1.47646102
#> exo1       0.006297902 0.07335472 -0.04400666   0.10731486
#> exo2      -0.060423727 0.08951989 -0.14923336   0.03408077
#> exo3      -0.195241035 0.05232590 -0.26512538  -0.15251128
#> 
#> $AFG$A$equation2
#>                 mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.3486666 0.1599077   0.1621882   0.48639355
#> lag1_var2 -0.3662674 0.3401333  -0.7877811  -0.03073874
#> lag1_var3 -2.9679568 0.6580726  -3.6281683  -2.24540387
#> lag1_var4  2.6168689 0.5651959   1.9873481   3.11304001
#> const      8.4287897 5.6299383   2.8735975  15.59586362
#> exo1      -0.4583773 0.2350246  -0.6838495  -0.17348683
#> exo2       0.2588925 0.4372404  -0.1234194   0.76323223
#> exo3      -0.3153179 0.6276918  -0.8891090   0.44219543
#> 
#> $AFG$A$equation3
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile  95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  -0.1636689 0.1507362  -0.3252276   0.003838927
#> lag1_var2   2.5014441 0.7346119   1.6859227   3.158362077
#> lag1_var3   7.1356392 1.6865776   5.2650754   8.414948223
#> lag1_var4  -5.4790607 1.4921754  -6.6828443  -3.827477360
#> const     -24.1494488 9.8500325 -34.2730978 -11.942388345
#> exo1        0.5282768 0.2535009   0.2094712   0.770053302
#> exo2       -1.1381634 0.5984031  -1.7441929  -0.426761458
#> exo3        0.4147273 0.6947468  -0.5296192   0.890649875
#> 
#> $AFG$A$equation4
#>                   mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  -0.01814794 0.1059039  -0.1395301    0.1040558
#> lag1_var2   2.71701995 0.6870482   1.9408659    3.3031461
#> lag1_var3   6.66939466 1.6039819   4.8821156    7.9029976
#> lag1_var4  -4.93218635 1.4223491  -6.0945051   -3.3512841
#> const     -30.91698091 8.8710436 -38.8486168  -19.8091351
#> exo1        0.41297726 0.2137939   0.1432945    0.6129890
#> exo2       -1.05435044 0.5321840  -1.4981246   -0.3449430
#> exo3        0.41290008 0.5045626  -0.2748603    0.7784155
#> 
#> 
#> 
#> $AGO
#> $AGO$Sigma
#> $AGO$Sigma$equation1
#>                   mean          sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[1,1] 0.005628716 0.001437464 0.004007689   0.00735055
#> 
#> $AGO$Sigma$equation2
#>                   mean          sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[2,1] -0.01079573 0.003987516 -0.01514209 -0.005955522
#> Sigma[2,2]  0.13488611 0.039595863  0.09099058  0.178942882
#> 
#> $AGO$Sigma$equation3
#>                    mean          sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[3,1]  0.006737895 0.001935647  0.004369807  0.008787686
#> Sigma[3,2] -0.053915183 0.014568286 -0.071200858 -0.039583443
#> Sigma[3,3]  0.032840610 0.004347267  0.028372242  0.038307994
#> 
#> $AGO$Sigma$equation4
#>                    mean          sd  5% quantile  95% quantile
#> Sigma[4,1] -0.001211726 0.001504421 -0.002941276  0.0004958697
#> Sigma[4,2]  0.057143457 0.018383490  0.035167629  0.0755254980
#> Sigma[4,3] -0.009776370 0.008188020 -0.018359206 -0.0002514828
#> Sigma[4,4]  0.040813523 0.007644581  0.032641281  0.0499417405
#> 
#> 
#> $AGO$A
#> $AGO$A$equation1
#>                  mean          sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.97366443 0.017221754  0.95126363   0.98910529
#> lag1_var2  0.09002530 0.016377673  0.06791868   0.09858972
#> lag1_var3  0.14752926 0.009534523  0.13665518   0.15536923
#> lag1_var4 -0.12301000 0.005227958 -0.13007767  -0.11910834
#> const     -0.81724161 0.988822639 -1.65489762   0.49944969
#> exo1       0.02232237 0.084733486 -0.08280014   0.11309204
#> exo2      -0.10978687 0.065804352 -0.16886922  -0.02207207
#> exo3      -0.04169938 0.044394601 -0.07826699   0.01401325
#> 
#> $AGO$A$equation2
#>                  mean         sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.06069917 0.10353296  -0.04735358   0.19062432
#> lag1_var2  0.81832516 0.12220847   0.67653671   0.94145796
#> lag1_var3 -0.18022352 0.10541813  -0.29749740  -0.07345946
#> lag1_var4  0.23283664 0.02781193   0.20844442   0.26881031
#> const     -4.88347313 8.05049874 -15.07966193   2.68033102
#> exo1       0.23057973 0.48617278  -0.32558140   0.76041485
#> exo2       0.45392830 0.51649135  -0.15612828   1.04702853
#> exo3      -0.86182833 0.58503522  -1.55023765  -0.18698665
#> 
#> $AGO$A$equation3
#>                  mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -0.20360070 0.06662676  -0.2696111   -0.1219259
#> lag1_var2  0.29326756 0.05002258   0.2440462    0.3508806
#> lag1_var3  1.40709826 0.07830152   1.3027642    1.4775964
#> lag1_var4 -0.35026428 0.03093240  -0.3775631   -0.3096869
#> const      0.90939506 2.66745623  -2.0751383    4.0982878
#> exo1      -0.07792331 0.26255998  -0.3609261    0.2408991
#> exo2      -1.41559470 0.13361490  -1.5892340   -1.2861473
#> exo3       3.31142586 0.33927139   2.8752185    3.6204150
#> 
#> $AGO$A$equation4
#>                  mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  -0.2568696 0.04965717  -0.3232427   -0.2156308
#> lag1_var2   1.0272321 0.07274325   0.9734207    1.1247826
#> lag1_var3   1.4191013 0.07335243   1.3606726    1.5088380
#> lag1_var4  -0.1851540 0.02509516  -0.2149803   -0.1578894
#> const     -10.7229529 5.12190232 -16.8292873   -5.8273107
#> exo1        0.1377473 0.22144973  -0.1168717    0.3873258
#> exo2       -1.3920549 0.29045491  -1.7535163   -1.0815515
#> exo3        2.9961895 0.21037979   2.7217478    3.1912530
#> 
#> 
#> 
#> $ALB
#> $ALB$Sigma
#> $ALB$Sigma$equation1
#>                   mean           sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[1,1] 0.002062675 0.0006369135 0.001342727  0.002679493
#> 
#> $ALB$Sigma$equation2
#>                   mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[2,1] -0.05958253 0.02253502 -0.08903527  -0.03810324
#> Sigma[2,2]  9.51410982 2.01414074  7.55219526  11.88982026
#> 
#> $ALB$Sigma$equation3
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[3,1]  0.0207209 0.0328221 -0.01726418   0.05807564
#> Sigma[3,2] -6.6201269 1.4990239 -8.31188014  -5.39120597
#> Sigma[3,3]  7.0023744 1.0155244  5.60481538   7.64760923
#> 
#> $ALB$Sigma$equation4
#>                   mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[4,1] -0.02255356 0.03056621 -0.06315705   0.00353536
#> Sigma[4,2] -0.19688819 0.67987626 -0.94654269   0.51840817
#> Sigma[4,3]  2.97353257 1.22985396  1.89287437   4.50161345
#> Sigma[4,4]  3.38085250 1.50682773  2.21074449   5.42044423
#> 
#> 
#> $ALB$A
#> $ALB$A$equation1
#>                  mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  1.01566106 0.01480003  0.99777802   1.03127020
#> lag1_var2 -0.01233531 0.02549934 -0.03273937   0.02202481
#> lag1_var3 -0.03022638 0.04030682 -0.06350768   0.02352681
#> lag1_var4  0.02509309 0.03331266 -0.01887197   0.05584899
#> const     -0.09450091 0.78013409 -1.13139814   0.56780042
#> exo1      -0.01630808 0.06234974 -0.06929218   0.06725259
#> exo2      -0.12767478 0.04696215 -0.18230216  -0.07626938
#> exo3       0.08164287 0.02598811  0.06140545   0.11684057
#> 
#> $ALB$A$equation2
#>                 mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -3.3178529  1.625423  -5.2371621    -1.710208
#> lag1_var2  4.7448462  1.498193   3.2812667     6.538771
#> lag1_var3  6.8442925  2.050664   4.7822067     9.224595
#> lag1_var4 -5.6347050  1.717379  -7.6426739    -3.921361
#> const      9.1482960 53.717649 -45.3474970    74.328659
#> exo1       0.9365588  2.711280  -1.2200847     4.567375
#> exo2       0.6649933  1.412055  -0.7751289     2.449873
#> exo3       1.2604281  3.681397  -3.3125751     5.146944
#> 
#> $ALB$A$equation3
#>                 mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  1.4764891  2.134080  -0.9695362    3.9825174
#> lag1_var2 -3.5153248  1.364242  -4.8890055   -2.0603004
#> lag1_var3 -4.8807222  2.181113  -7.2291462   -2.5787426
#> lag1_var4  4.7750218  1.845404   2.7402010    6.7048358
#> const     32.0277777 56.657880 -44.8959391   76.4013478
#> exo1      -1.5330294  1.825433  -3.9028177    0.2193964
#> exo2      -0.5342848  2.099522  -3.1871364    1.5897042
#> exo3      -1.1518556  3.524254  -4.9164185    2.8323882
#> 
#> $ALB$A$equation4
#>                  mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -0.79504613  1.6628461  -2.8356217  0.898236504
#> lag1_var2 -0.85535970  1.0865509  -2.3199257 -0.005116276
#> lag1_var3 -1.01247963  1.7261112  -3.2808857  0.503347557
#> lag1_var4  1.75438543  1.4563406   0.4799347  3.620985689
#> const     37.30537662 50.4028771 -13.1080847 90.855818700
#> exo1      -0.56721923  0.7252035  -1.3880576  0.239482087
#> exo2      -0.06776364  1.6992247  -1.8107305  2.077906999
#> exo3      -0.15340104  2.0103712  -1.5490153  2.593498957
#> 
#> 
#> 
#> $ARE
#> $ARE$Sigma
#> $ARE$Sigma$equation1
#>                   mean           sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[1,1] 0.001246098 0.0003057785 0.0009462577  0.001620991
#> 
#> $ARE$Sigma$equation2
#>                    mean           sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[2,1] -0.002953349 0.0005780359 -0.003552575 -0.002224978
#> Sigma[2,2]  0.053846596 0.0166455382  0.033696775  0.072419389
#> 
#> $ARE$Sigma$equation3
#>                    mean          sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[3,1]  0.004851701 0.001807486  0.002779513  0.006974994
#> Sigma[3,2] -0.051472644 0.008479280 -0.060971118 -0.042066962
#> Sigma[3,3]  0.161105003 0.011972312  0.150171356  0.176126726
#> 
#> $ARE$Sigma$equation4
#>                    mean          sd   5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[4,1]  0.002579415 0.001948232  0.0001360748  0.004538243
#> Sigma[4,2] -0.009063580 0.011391964 -0.0198626265  0.004840455
#> Sigma[4,3]  0.123814594 0.013814336  0.1084603225  0.138528253
#> Sigma[4,4]  0.121135239 0.014714630  0.1044085013  0.137981819
#> 
#> 
#> $ARE$A
#> $ARE$A$equation1
#>                  mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.97242766 0.02413807  0.94190646  0.997097215
#> lag1_var2  0.20441216 0.05011917  0.14510949  0.258218674
#> lag1_var3  0.25291012 0.06416733  0.17901865  0.314712282
#> lag1_var4 -0.24813436 0.06102889 -0.30784875 -0.177566266
#> const      0.38181119 0.42380464 -0.19324740  0.726034689
#> exo1      -0.04921339 0.02595036 -0.07833543 -0.026175032
#> exo2      -0.08145554 0.05829344 -0.14426103 -0.014921391
#> exo3      -0.01739309 0.02208953 -0.03876924  0.009758402
#> 
#> $ARE$A$equation2
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -0.04106760 0.1492594 -0.24069660   0.08082119
#> lag1_var2  0.31894033 0.2896226 -0.01088275   0.65213247
#> lag1_var3 -0.63872101 0.3216065 -1.00010087  -0.37451546
#> lag1_var4  0.62644476 0.3224995  0.35598949   1.00972600
#> const      2.47499441 2.0340863  0.81345958   5.14002800
#> exo1       0.03720672 0.1768207 -0.15688174   0.25043701
#> exo2       1.99582733 0.1328275  1.85414184   2.16061281
#> exo3      -0.60074326 0.2890506 -0.84009261  -0.24761470
#> 
#> $ARE$A$equation3
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1   0.8263957 0.2875585   0.4785327    1.1434265
#> lag1_var2   2.4354094 1.0075741   1.1076428    3.2665704
#> lag1_var3   4.0629095 1.1991212   2.4941504    5.1350910
#> lag1_var4  -3.2061227 1.1559775  -4.2934552   -1.7237244
#> const     -10.8007319 2.3799227 -13.7395904   -8.5884239
#> exo1       -0.3200367 0.5598164  -0.9830918    0.1145947
#> exo2       -2.0540150 0.2361052  -2.3295783   -1.8221280
#> exo3       -1.1078389 0.4757225  -1.6431069   -0.6310853
#> 
#> $ARE$A$equation4
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1   0.8356224 0.2797515   0.5406763   1.18182821
#> lag1_var2   2.7883242 0.9339646   1.5057834   3.44126482
#> lag1_var3   3.7369719 0.9854983   2.3984002   4.50375335
#> lag1_var4  -2.8644854 0.9461479  -3.6297327  -1.58704300
#> const     -11.8557015 3.0420525 -15.4931912  -8.59950419
#> exo1       -0.3218594 0.4623835  -0.8413476   0.07366993
#> exo2       -0.5017686 0.1460376  -0.6455366  -0.33140687
#> exo3       -1.5868291 0.6046719  -2.2062012  -0.82191954
#> 
#> 
#> 
#> $ARG
#> $ARG$Sigma
#> $ARG$Sigma$equation1
#>                   mean           sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[1,1] 0.002761193 0.0007228106 0.002037752  0.003625954
#> 
#> $ARG$Sigma$equation2
#>                   mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[2,1] -0.05948782 0.01701808 -0.07527668  -0.03738085
#> Sigma[2,2]  3.66175149 0.29554723  3.33248063   3.94139135
#> 
#> $ARG$Sigma$equation3
#>                   mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[3,1]  0.04428645 0.01156434  0.02885941   0.05443809
#> Sigma[3,2] -2.71779277 0.34164781 -3.02529568  -2.32317695
#> Sigma[3,3]  2.28645763 0.38277404  1.85658961   2.68483450
#> 
#> $ARG$Sigma$equation4
#>                    mean          sd  5% quantile 95% quantile
#> Sigma[4,1]  0.009096443 0.006167985  0.003092329    0.0170784
#> Sigma[4,2] -0.530158699 0.202421347 -0.736814363   -0.3114643
#> Sigma[4,3]  0.694743002 0.215147370  0.482520421    0.9671215
#> Sigma[4,4]  0.415230415 0.119076381  0.323873939    0.5761006
#> 
#> 
#> $ARG$A
#> $ARG$A$equation1
#>                  mean         sd   5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.87817673 0.04649099  0.8294015429   0.92910676
#> lag1_var2  0.28406866 0.16262362  0.0694125329   0.40344166
#> lag1_var3  0.46645800 0.26830895  0.1130831368   0.66410981
#> lag1_var4 -0.42878393 0.24146897 -0.6025654621  -0.10724676
#> const      1.01216657 1.26200109 -0.6724624768   2.12426714
#> exo1       0.04466003 0.05018833 -0.0003728524   0.10670866
#> exo2      -0.11466337 0.08064371 -0.1852105105  -0.02121535
#> exo3      -0.01493055 0.08308216 -0.1192851755   0.07232555
#> 
#> $ARG$A$equation2
#>                  mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1  0.03244088  1.469586  -0.8914796  2.054886673
#> lag1_var2 -1.88853815  3.832471  -7.0958071  0.007744608
#> lag1_var3 -4.24786416  6.210799 -12.6535478 -1.231206893
#> lag1_var4  4.41731575  6.242366   1.3181414 12.870813699
#> const     -8.39585175 42.473659 -64.9444965 28.064228497
#> exo1      -0.30658007  1.515678  -2.1509669  1.373269114
#> exo2       1.41843883  2.653184  -1.2243191  4.788246729
#> exo3       1.93330870  2.981258  -1.5054618  5.296111559
#> 
#> $ARG$A$equation3
#>                 mean        sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -0.1937991  1.350621  -2.0325307    0.7921849
#> lag1_var2  1.3669637  3.297828  -1.0140509    5.8050372
#> lag1_var3  2.9196870  5.342227  -0.9177699   10.1078432
#> lag1_var4 -2.2739281  5.345492  -9.4860827    1.2709194
#> const     25.0315212 43.300528  -9.0996732   82.6640935
#> exo1      -0.5588434  1.447147  -2.1520302    1.0371570
#> exo2      -4.6037347  1.827560  -7.0370831   -3.0385396
#> exo3       1.4612938  2.718010  -1.8712260    4.0260165
#> 
#> $ARG$A$equation4
#>                 mean         sd 5% quantile 95% quantile
#> lag1_var1 -0.1983644  0.5470355  -0.9184793    0.3018329
#> lag1_var2  0.1592744  1.2392474  -1.3364033    1.5407048
#> lag1_var3  0.2327051  2.0055343  -2.1981752    2.4568100
#> lag1_var4  0.5886345  1.9097202  -1.6820430    2.7575305
#> const     16.1542187 25.1652753  -6.4523175   43.6534707
#> exo1      -0.8127911  0.7449533  -1.4877555    0.1271927
#> exo2      -4.2244215  0.7281518  -4.9569981   -3.4577459
#> exo3       2.9758157  1.2436144   1.4195638    4.2931548
#> 
#> 
#>