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Simulated Method of Moments -- Stochastic Volatility Model

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                    SAS Sample Library

        Name: modex17.sas
 Description: Example program from SAS/ETS User's Guide,
              The MODEL Procedure
       Title: Simulated Method of Moments -- Stochastic Volatility Model
     Product: SAS/ETS Software
        Keys: nonlinear simultaneous equation models
        PROC: MODEL
       Notes:

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%let nobs=1000;
data _tmpdata;
   a = -0.736; b=0.9; s=0.363;
   ll=sqrt( exp(a/(1-b)));;
   do i=-10 to &nobs;
      u = rannor( 101 );
      z = rannor( 101 );
      lnssq = a+b*log(ll**2) +s*u;
      st = sqrt(exp(lnssq));
      ll = st;
      y = st * z;
      if i > 0 then output;
   end;
run;

title1 'Simulated Method of Moments for Stochastic Volatility Model';

proc model data=_tmpdata ;
   parms a b .5 s 1;
   instrument / intonly;

   u = rannor( 8801 );
   z = rannor( 9701 );
   lsigmasq = xlag(sigmasq,exp(a));
   lnsigmasq = a + b * log(lsigmasq) + s * u;
   sigmasq = exp( lnsigmasq );

   ysim = sqrt(sigmasq) * z;
   eq.m1 = abs(y) - abs(ysim);
   eq.m2 = y**2 - ysim**2;
   eq.m5 = abs(y*lag(y))-abs(ysim*lag(ysim));

   fit m1 m2 m5 / gmm npreobs=10 ndraw=10 adjsmmv;
   bound s > 0, 1 > b > 0;
run;