bpvars 1.0

1. This package is alive! #1
2. The package includes the Gibbs sampler for a Bayesian Hierarchical Panel Vector Autoregression model. #2
3. The package includes labour market dynamic panel data. #3
4. The package includes the forecast method. #5
5. The package includes possibility of conditional forecasting given projected paths of some of the variables. #8
6. The package includes estimation and forecasting with exogenous variables. #12
7. The package includes forecast error variance decomposition analysis #14
8. The package includes plot and summary routines #17
9. The package features a hexagonal logo #26 with the code for reproduction
10. The package includes a pkgdown website #26
11. The package is featured at bsvars.org
12. Included several simple models like that by Jarociński (2010) and country-specific VARs for dynamic panel data #34
13. Included a model with group-specific prior #29
14. Included functionality for pseudo-out-of-sample forecasting and forecast performance evaluation #28
15. Included missing variable treatment for all models #36