Rookie here, I am trying to replicate the study in the following paper:
http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings16/SAS6364-2016.pdf
The process I followed is:
-Run Proc Varmax to model BVAR on log-ratio of (RealGDP, CPI and Unemployment Rate). Save residuals in a separate dataset.
-Call Proc Copula to find he joint distribution from the marginal distribution of the residuals.
-Once I get that, I use the simulated errors with the forecast means from Varmax to create macroeconomic scenarios.
I have the following issue. My residuals do not follow normal dist. I am not sure how to transform them. Proc Copula does not seem to work with the assumptions. Any idea how I can fix this? Your help is much appreciated
I am using the following code.
PROC COPULA DATA = error_dist;
VAR Res_RGDP Res_UMP Res_CPI;
FIT Normal /
MARGINALS = uniform METHOD = MLE;
SIMULATE /
NDRAWS = 1000 SEED = 1
MARGINALS = UNIFORM
OUTUNIFORM = simulated_errors;
RUN;
The Error_Dist has values like these:
Res_RGDP Res_UMP Res_CPI
0.0398668592 0.0262994594 0.010727359
-0.029316863 0.1554613968 0.0061404736
-0.050879246 0.0763711127 -0.00331784
0.0068502877 0.1468297946 0.0019326859
0.0650468136 -0.018832064 0.0044021124
-0.008798372 0.1423033571 0.0029771118
I don't fully understand your example, but I question whether you want to be using MARGINALS=UNIFORM. Try using MARGINALS=EMPIRICAL as the option to the SIMULATE statement. That will use the empirical CDF as the basis for the simulation of the copula.
I don't fully understand your example, but I question whether you want to be using MARGINALS=UNIFORM. Try using MARGINALS=EMPIRICAL as the option to the SIMULATE statement. That will use the empirical CDF as the basis for the simulation of the copula.
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