The Cointegrated VAR Methodology

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The cointegrated VAR approach combines differences of variables with cointegration among them and by doing so allows the user to study both long-run and short-run effects in the same model. The CVAR describes an economic system where variables have been pushed away from long-run equilibria by exogenous shocks (the pushing forces) and where short-run adjustments forces pull them back toward long-run equilibria (the pulling forces). In this model framework, basic assumptions underlying a theory model can be translated into testable hypotheses on the order of integration and cointegration of key variables and their relationships. The set of hypotheses describes the empirical regularities we would expect to see in the data if the long-run properties of a theory model are empirically relevant.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication dateMay 2018
Pages1-26
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2018

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