function sigma = long_run_variance(data,band) % Returns the long run variance of data, a T*m matrix. % % INPUTS % data [double] T*m matrix, where T is the number of observations and m the number of variables. % band [double] scalar, the bandwidth parameter. % % OUTPUTS % sigma [double] m*m matrix. % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % none % Copyright © 2009-2010 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 . verbose = 1; if nargin<2 [T,~] = size(data); band = ceil(T^(1/4)); if verbose disp(['Bandwidth parameter is equal to ' num2str(band) '.']) end end gamma = multivariate_sample_autocovariance(data,band); sigma = gamma(:,:,1); for i=1:band sigma = sigma + bartlett(i,band)*(gamma(:,:,i+1)+transpose(gamma(:,:,i+1))); end function w = bartlett(i,n) w = 1 - i / (n+1);