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Projection Inference for set-identified SVARs

Econometrics 2026-03-31 v4

Abstract

We study the properties of the classical \emph{projection} method to conduct simultaneous inference about the coefficients of the structural impulse-response function and their identified set in Structural Vector Autoregressions. We show that -- as the sample size grows large -- projection inference produces regions for the structural parameters and their identified set with both frequentist coverage and robust Bayesian credibility of at least 1α1-\alpha. We then calibrate the radius of the Wald ellipsoid to guarantee that -- for a given posterior on the reduced-form parameters -- the robust Bayesian credibility of the projection method is exactly 1α1-\alpha. We illustrate the main results of the paper using a demand/supply model of the U.S.~labor market.

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@article{arxiv.2504.14106,
  title  = {Projection Inference for set-identified SVARs},
  author = {Bulat Gafarov and Matthias Meier and José Luis Montiel Olea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.14106},
  year   = {2026}
}
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