a=mat

Name of the pattern matrix for factorization matrix A.

b=mat

Name of the pattern matrix for factorization matrix B.

s=mat

Name of the pattern matrix for short-run impulse response matrix S.

f=mat

Name of the pattern matrix for long-run impulse response matrix F.

f0=arg

(default=0.1)

Specify the starting values for estimation free parameters: a scalar value, or ‘s’ for user-specified values in the C coefficient object, or ‘u’ for values randomly drawn from the uniform distribution on [0,1], or ‘n’ for values randomly drawn from the standard normal distribution. The default is a scalar value of 0.1.

maxiter=num,

m=num

Maximum number of optimization iterations. The default is taken from the global option settings.

conv=num,

c=num

The convergence criterion (lower bound on optimization step size). The default is taken from the global option settings.

trace=num,

t=num

(default=0)

Summarize the ongoing optimization every num iterations. Summary information is displayed in an unnamed text object. The default is a trace period of 0, which disables tracing.

fsign

Do not perform sign normalization. See “ “Sign Restrictions”” for a description of sign normalization.

nostop

Suppress “Near Singular Matrix” and other error messages during estimation.

preset=num,

p=num

Apply a restriction preset, as described in the SVAR Options Identifying Restrictions dialog. num may be 1 through 6, corresponding to the first six preset options.

prompt

Force the dialog to appear from within a program.