function [Ptld,H0invtld,Hpinvtld] = fn_rlrprior(Ui,Vi,Pi,H0multi,Hpmulti,nvar) % [Ptld,H0invtld,Hpinvtld] = fn_rlrprior(Ui,Vi,Pi,H0multi,Hpmulti,nvar) % % Exporting random Bayesian prior with linear restrictions % See Waggoner and Zha's Gibbs sampling paper % % Ui: nvar-by-1 cell. In each cell, nvar-by-qi orthonormal basis for the null of the ith % equation contemporaneous restriction matrix where qi is the number of free parameters. % With this transformation, we have ai = Ui*bi or Ui'*ai = bi where ai is a vector % of total original parameters and bi is a vector of free parameters. When no % restrictions are imposed, we have Ui = I. There must be at least one free % parameter left for the ith equation. Imported from dnrprior.m. % Vi: nvar-by-1 cell. In each cell, k-by-ri orthonormal basis for the null of the ith % equation lagged restriction matrix where k (ncoef) is a total number of RHS variables and % ri is the number of free parameters. With this transformation, we have fi = Vi*gi % or Vi'*fi = gi where fi is a vector of total original parameters and gi is a % vector of free parameters. There must be at least one free parameter left for % the ith equation. Imported from dnrprior.m. % Pi: ncoef-by-nvar matrix for the ith equation under random walk. Same for all equations % H0multi: nvar-by-nvar-by-nvar; H0 for different equations under asymmetric prior % Hpmulti: ncoef-by-ncoef-by-nvar; H+ for different equations under asymmetric prior % nvar: number of endogenous variables % -------------------- % Ptld: cell(nvar,1). The prior mean of g_i is Ptld{i}*b_i; % H0invtld: cell(nvar,1). Transformed inv covaraince for b_i, the free parameters in A0(:,i); % Hpinvtld: cell(nvar,1). Transformed inv covaraince for g_i, the free parameters in A+(:,i); % % Tao Zha, February 2000 Ptld = cell(nvar,1); % tld: tilda H0invtld = cell(nvar,1); % H0 for different equations under linear restrictions Hpinvtld = cell(nvar,1); % H+ for different equations under linear restrictions for n=1:nvar % one for each equation Hpinvtld{n} = Vi{n}'*(Hpmulti(:,:,n)\Vi{n}); Ptld{n} = (Hpinvtld{n}\Vi{n}')*(Hpmulti(:,:,n)\Pi)*Ui{n}; H0invtld{n} = Ui{n}'*(H0multi(:,:,n)\Ui{n}) + Ui{n}'*Pi'*(Hpmulti(:,:,n)\Pi)*Ui{n} ... - Ptld{n}'*Hpinvtld{n}*Ptld{n}; end