We consider Bayesian estimation of state space models when the measurement density is not available but estimating equations for the parameters of the measurement density are available from moment conditions. The most common applications are partial equilibrium models involving moment conditions that depend on dynamic latent variables (e.g., time varying parameters, stochastic volatility) and dynamic general equilibrium models when moment equations from the first order conditions are available but computing an accurate approximation to the measurement density is difficult.

Bayesian estimation of state space models using moment conditions / Gallant, Ronald; Giacomini, Raffaella; Ragusa, Giuseppe. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS. - ISSN 0304-4076. - 201:2(2017), pp. 198-211. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2017.08.003]

Bayesian estimation of state space models using moment conditions

Ragusa Giuseppe
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2017

Abstract

We consider Bayesian estimation of state space models when the measurement density is not available but estimating equations for the parameters of the measurement density are available from moment conditions. The most common applications are partial equilibrium models involving moment conditions that depend on dynamic latent variables (e.g., time varying parameters, stochastic volatility) and dynamic general equilibrium models when moment equations from the first order conditions are available but computing an accurate approximation to the measurement density is difficult.
2017
approximate bayesian inference; method of moments; particle filter
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Bayesian estimation of state space models using moment conditions / Gallant, Ronald; Giacomini, Raffaella; Ragusa, Giuseppe. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS. - ISSN 0304-4076. - 201:2(2017), pp. 198-211. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2017.08.003]
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