midasr (version 0.8)

mlsd: MIDAS lag structure with dates

Description

MIDAS lag structure with dates

Usage

mlsd(x, k, datey, ...)

Arguments

x

a vector

k

lags, a vector

datey

low frequency dates

...

further arguments used in fitting MIDAS regression

Value

a matrix containing the first differences and the lag k+1.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
x <- c(1:144)
y <- c(1:12)
datey <- (y-1)*12+1

#msld and mls should give the same results

m1 <- mlsd(x, 0:5, datey)

m2 <- mls(x, 0:5, 12)

sum(abs(m1 - m2))

# }