no code implementations • 16 May 2023 • Dimitris Korobilis, Maximilian Schröder
We propose a multicountry quantile factor augmeneted vector autoregression (QFAVAR) to model heterogeneities both across countries and across characteristics of the distributions of macroeconomic time series.
no code implementations • 3 Feb 2023 • Luca Gambetti, Dimitris Korobilis, John Tsoukalas, Francesco Zanetti
When agents' information is imperfect and dispersed, existing measures of macroeconomic uncertainty based on the forecast error variance have two distinct drivers: the variance of the economic shock and the variance of the information dispersion.
no code implementations • 20 Dec 2022 • Dimitris Korobilis, Maximilian Schröder
This paper extends quantile factor analysis to a probabilistic variant that incorporates regularization and computationally efficient variational approximations.
no code implementations • 14 Jun 2022 • Dimitris Korobilis
A comprehensive methodology for inference in vector autoregressions (VARs) using sign and other structural restrictions is developed.
1 code implementation • 22 Dec 2021 • Dimitris Korobilis, Kenichi Shimizu
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the world of Bayesian model determination, by surveying modern shrinkage and variable selection algorithms and methodologies.
no code implementations • 23 Apr 2020 • Dimitris Korobilis
This paper proposes two distinct contributions to econometric analysis of large information sets and structural instabilities.