GLS estimation of local projections: Trading robustness for efficiency
局部投影的 GLS 估计:稳健性与效率的权衡
Local projections (LPs) are widely used for estimating impulse responses (IRs) as they are considered more robust to model misspecification than forward-iterated IRs from dynamic models such as VARs. However, this robustness comes at the cost of higher variance, particularly at longer horizons. To mitigate this trade-off, several GLS transformations of LPs have been proposed. This paper analyzes two broad strands of GLS-type LP estimators: those that condition on residuals…