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To cite factorstochvol in publications use:

Hosszejni D, Kastner G (2021). “Modeling Univariate and Multivariate Stochastic Volatility in R with stochvol and factorstochvol.” Journal of Statistical Software, 100(12), 1–34. doi:10.18637/jss.v100.i12.

To refer to the interweaving (ASIS) methodology used in factorstochvol please cite:

Kastner G, Frühwirth-Schnatter S, Lopes HF (2017). “Efficient Bayesian Inference for Multivariate Factor Stochastic Volatility Models.” Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 26(4), 905–917. doi:10.1080/10618600.2017.1322091.

To refer to the shrinkage methodology used in factorstochvol (NG priors) please cite:

Kastner G (2019). “Sparse Bayesian Time-Varying Covariance Estimation in Many Dimensions.” Journal of Econometrics, 210(1), 98–115. doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2018.11.007.

BibTeX entries of the above can be obtained by ‘toBibtex(citation("factorstochvol"))’

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Modeling Univariate and Multivariate Stochastic Volatility
      in {R} with {stochvol} and {factorstochvol}},
    author = {Darjus Hosszejni and Gregor Kastner},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {100},
    number = {12},
    pages = {1--34},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v100.i12},
  }
  @Article{,
    title = {Efficient {B}ayesian Inference for Multivariate Factor
      Stochastic Volatility Models},
    author = {Gregor Kastner and Sylvia Fr\"{u}hwirth-Schnatter and
      Hedibert Freitas Lopes},
    journal = {Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics},
    year = {2017},
    volume = {26},
    number = {4},
    pages = {905--917},
    doi = {10.1080/10618600.2017.1322091},
  }
  @Article{,
    title = {Sparse {B}ayesian Time-Varying Covariance Estimation in
      Many Dimensions},
    author = {Gregor Kastner},
    journal = {Journal of Econometrics},
    year = {2019},
    volume = {210},
    number = {1},
    pages = {98--115},
    doi = {10.1016/j.jeconom.2018.11.007},
  }

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