convergenceDFM (Q7375975)

Tests convergence in macro-financial panels combining Dynamic Factor Models (DFM) and mean-reverting, discrete-time Ornstein-Uhlenbeck/AR(1) factor processes. Provides: (i) static factor extraction with VAR stability checks, Portmanteau tests and rolling out-of-sample R^2, in the spirit of Stock and Watson (2002) <doi:10.1198/073500102317351921> and the Generalized Dynamic Factor Model of Forni, Hallin, Lippi and Reichlin (2000) <doi:10.1162/003465300559037>; (ii) cointegration analysis a la Johansen (1988) <doi:10.1016/0165-1889(88)90041-3>; (iii) Bayesian factor-OU/AR(1) estimation with convergence and half-life summaries grounded in Uhlenbeck and Ornstein (1930) <doi:10.1103/PhysRev.36.823> and Vasicek (1977) <doi:10.1016/0304-405X(77)90016-2>, with full Markov chain Monte Carlo convergence diagnostics; (iv) heteroskedasticity-consistent (HC) and, when the suggested 'sandwich' (Zeileis (2004) <doi:10.18637/jss.v011.i10>) and 'lmtest' packages are available, heteroskedasticity- and autocorrelation- consistent (HAC) robust inference, with a self-contained HC fallback; (v) coupling significance tests based on time-shift / block-bootstrap nulls that preserve marginal dynamics while breaking cross-series dependence; and (vi) optional PLS-based factor preselection (Mevik and Wehrens (2007) <doi:10.18637/jss.v018.i02>). Functions emphasize reproducibility (explicit seeds throughout) and clear, publication-ready summaries.