In a quarterly time series, the periodic autoregressive model of order \(p\) less or equal to 4,
$$ y_t = \psi_s + \phi_{1s} y_{t-1} + \phi_{2s} y_{t-2} + ... + \phi_{ps} y_{t-p} + \epsilon_t ,$$
with \(s=1,2,3,4\), can be written as a multivariate model as follows,
$$\Phi_0 y_t = \Psi + \Phi_1 Y_{T-1} + \epsilon_T ,$$
where \(\Phi_0\) and \(\Phi_1\) are \(S \times S\) matrices containing the \(\phi_{is}
parameters.\)
\(\Phi_0 =\)
\(1\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(-\phi_{12}\) | \(1\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(-\phi_{23}\) | \(-\phi_{13}\) | \(1\) | \(0\) |
\(-\phi_{34}\) | \(-\phi_{24}\) | \(-\phi_{14}\) | \(1\) |
\(\Phi_1 =\)
\(\phi_{41}\) | \(\phi_{31}\) | \(\phi_{21}\) | \(\phi_{11}\) |
\(0\) | \(\phi_{42}\) | \(\phi_{32}\) | \(\phi_{22}\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(\phi_{43}\) | \(\phi_{33}\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(\phi_{44}\) |
The periodically integrated model of order 2,
$$ y_t - \alpha_s y_{t-1} = \mu_s + \beta_s (y_{t-1} - \alpha_{s-1} y_{t-2}) + \epsilon_t,$$
with \(s=1,2,3,4\), can be written as a multivariate model as follows,
$$\Phi_0 y_t = \Psi + \Phi_1 Y_{T-1} + \epsilon_T ,$$
where the matrix \(\Phi_0\) and \(\Phi_1\) are defined below
\(\Phi_0 =\)
\(1\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(-\alpha_2\) | \(1\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(0\) | \(-\alpha_3\) | \(1\) | \(0\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(-\alpha_4\) | \(1\) |
\(\Phi_1 =\)
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(\alpha_1\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
\(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) | \(0\) |
The \(\Phi_0\) and \(\Phi_1\) matrices can be used to compute the impact of accumulation of the
shocks \(\epsilon_t\). The impact matrix is defined as \(\Gamma \Phi_0^{-1}\), where \(\Gamma\) is
\(\Phi_0^{-1} \Phi_0\).
That row in which the values of the impact matrix are the highest, entails that the corresponding season
undergoes more severe impacts from the accumulation of all shocks. Hence, it is more likely to display
fluctuations in the stochastic trend. Put in other words, the impact matrix allow the practitioner to get
an idea about how the stochastic trend and the seasonal fluctuations are related.