CATs into RATs Example

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macro_man
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CATs into RATs Example

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Dear Estima:

I am trying to find an example of someone imposing indentifying restrictions on the cointegrating vector(s) using CATs and then bringing the VECM model into RATS to estimate it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
macro_man
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Re: CATs into RATs Example

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After thinking this through, here is what I should have said in the previous post. I want to estimate a SVECM using BQ long-run restrictions using the short and long-run restrictions code you provide. It seems, then, I that I use CATS to get the cointegrated vector(s) and then bring them into RATS and apply the SR&LR restrictions. However, one can also apply LR identifying restrictions on the cointegrating vector(s) in CATS too.

Question:
(1) If all I am interested in doing is applying the BQ LR restrictions to the VECM, do I worry about applying LR indentifying restrictions to the cointegrating vectors in CATS before pulling the model into RATS?
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