Under specific parametric assumptions, an n−variable structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) can be identified (up to n! shock orderings) via heteroskedasticity of the structural shocks (Rigobon, 2003, Sentana & Fiorentini, 2001). I show that misspecification of the heteroskedasticity process can bias results derived from these identification schemes. I propose a different method that identifi...

In this paper I estimate a SVAR model to study the transmission of UK shocks to the Irish economy over the period 1922-1979, using annual time series for CPI inflation and output growth. UK aggregate demand and supply shocks have large and significant impacts on Irish inflation, but smaller impacts on Irish real GDP growth. A historical decomposition indicates that UK aggregate demand shocks pl...

This article examines the structural responses of foreign exchange and equity markets to COVID-19 pandemic in seven Asian countries over its first 4 months (31 December 2019 1 May 2020). Marginal effects derived from a vector autoregression (SVAR) model suggest that 1% increase incidence cases significantly diminished Indonesia’s market returns by 4.7%, depreciated Indian rupee against US dolla...