function W_opt = optimal_weighting_matrix(m_data, moments, q_lag) % W_opt = optimal_weighting_matrix(m_data, moments, q_lag) % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % This function computes the optimal weigthing matrix by a Bartlett kernel with maximum lag q_lag % Adapted from replication codes of % o Andreasen, Fernández-Villaverde, Rubio-Ramírez (2018): "The Pruned State-Space System for Non-Linear DSGE Models: Theory and Empirical Applications", Review of Economic Studies, 85(1):1-49. % ========================================================================= % INPUTS % o m_data [T x numMom] selected data moments at each point in time % o moments [numMom x 1] selected estimated moments (either data_moments or estimated model_moments) % o q_lag [integer] Bartlett kernel maximum lag order % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % OUTPUTS % o W_opt [numMom x numMom] optimal weighting matrix % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % This function is called by % o mom.run.m % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % This function calls: % o CorrMatrix (embedded) % ========================================================================= % Copyright © 2020-2021 Dynare Team % % This file is part of Dynare. % % Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with Dynare. If not, see . % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Author(s): % o Willi Mutschler (willi@mutschler.eu) % o Johannes Pfeifer (jpfeifer@uni-koeln.de) % ========================================================================= % Initialize [T,num_Mom] = size(m_data); %note that in m_data NaN values (due to leads or lags in matched_moments and missing data) were replaced by the mean % center around moments (could be either data_moments or model_moments) h_Func = m_data - repmat(moments',T,1); % The required correlation matrices GAMA_array = zeros(num_Mom,num_Mom,q_lag); GAMA0 = Corr_Matrix(h_Func,T,num_Mom,0); if q_lag > 0 for ii=1:q_lag GAMA_array(:,:,ii) = Corr_Matrix(h_Func,T,num_Mom,ii); end end % The estimate of S S = GAMA0; if q_lag > 0 for ii=1:q_lag S = S + (1-ii/(q_lag+1))*(GAMA_array(:,:,ii) + GAMA_array(:,:,ii)'); end end % The estimate of W W_opt = S\eye(size(S,1)); end % The correlation matrix function GAMA_corr = Corr_Matrix(h_Func,T,num_Mom,v) GAMA_corr = zeros(num_Mom,num_Mom); for t = 1+v:T GAMA_corr = GAMA_corr + h_Func(t-v,:)'*h_Func(t,:); end GAMA_corr = GAMA_corr/T; end