SOME CONVERGENCE RESULTS ON DYNAMIC FACTOR MODELS
Abstract
We review some recent papers on a large dynamic factor model (LDFM) and its applications to structural macroeconomic analysis. Then we prove some convergence results concerning with the stochastic variables which define such a model.
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