The SIMLIN Procedure

Functional Summary

The statements and options controlling the SIMLIN procedure are summarized in the following table.

Description

Statement

Option

Data Set Options

   

specify input data set containing structural coefficients

PROC SIMLIN

EST=

specify type of estimates read from EST= data set

PROC SIMLIN

TYPE=

write reduced form coefficients and multipliers to an output data set

PROC SIMLIN

OUTEST=

specify the input data set for simulation

PROC SIMLIN

DATA=

write predicted and residual values to an output data set

OUTPUT

 

Printing Control Options

   

print the structural coefficients

PROC SIMLIN

ESTPRINT

suppress printing of reduced form coefficients

PROC SIMLIN

NORED

suppress all printed output

PROC SIMLIN

NOPRINT

Dynamic Multipliers

   

compute interim multipliers

PROC SIMLIN

INTERIM=

compute total multipliers

PROC SIMLIN

TOTAL

Declaring the Role of Variables

   

specify BY-group processing

BY

 

specify the endogenous variables

ENDOGENOUS

 

specify the exogenous variables

EXOGENOUS

 

specify identifying variables

ID

 

specify lagged endogenous variables

LAGGED

 

Controlling the Simulation

   

specify the starting observation for dynamic simulation

PROC SIMLIN

START=