%0 Report
%A García Hiernaux, Alfredo Alejandro
%A Casals Carro, José
%A Jerez Méndez, Miguel
%T Fast estimation methods for time series models in state-space form
%J Documentos de Trabajo del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE)
%D 2005
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56624
%X We propose two fast, stable and consistent methods to estimate time series models expressed in their equivalent state-space form. They are useful both, to obtain adequate initial conditions for a maximum-likelihood iteration,or to provide final estimates when maximum-likelihood is considered inadequate or costly. The state-space foundation of these procedures implies that they can estimate any linear fixed-coefficients model, such as ARIMA, VARMAX or structural time series models. The computational and finitesample performance of both methods is very good, as a simulation exercise shows.
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