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I have a VAR model with five macro-economic variables, y[1], y[2], y[3], y[4], y[5]. They are related to each other in following manner. y[1,t] = alpha[1,0] + beta[1,1, 1]*y[1,t-1]+............+beta[1,1, 12]*y[1,t-12] + beta[1,2, 1]*y[2,t-1]+............+beta[1,2, 12]*y[2,t-12] + e[1,t] y[2,t] = alpha[2,0] + beta[2,2, 1]*y[2,t-1]+............+beta[2,2, 12]*y[2,t-12] + e[2,t] y[3,t] = alpha[3,0]

...u can do OLS on an equation-per-equation basis. However, in this case the estimator might be asymptotically inefficient. One can use FGLS instead. This is outlined for instance in: Helmut Luetkepohl, 2007. "Econometric Analysis with Vector Autoregressive Models," Economics Working Papers ECO2007/11, European University Institute. http://cadmus.iue.it/dspace/bitstream/1814/6918/1/ECO-2007-11.pdf Incidentally, you can also use restrict() [OLS-based] in package vars; version 1.3-1 has been uploaded to /incoming on CRAN and it should appear on the mirrors soon. Best, Bernhard > >I...