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		Forecasting with Bayesian Panel Vector Autoregressions //
		Provides Bayesian estimation and forecasting of dynamic panel
		data using Bayesian Panel Vector Autoregressions with
		hierarchical prior distributions following the specification by
		Sanchez-Martinez  Woniak (2026) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2606.14143.
		The models include country-specific Vector Autoregressions
		(VARs) that share a global prior distribution that extend the
		model by Jarociski (2010) doi:10.1002/jae.1082. Under this
		prior expected value, each country's system follows a global
		VAR with country-invariant parameters. Further flexibility is
		provided by the hierarchical prior structure that retains the
		Minnesota prior interpretation for the global VAR and features
		estimated prior covariance matrices, shrinkage, and persistence
		levels. Bayesian forecasting is developed for models including
		exogenous variables, allowing conditional forecasts given the
		future trajectories of some variables and restricted forecasts
		assuring that rates are forecasted to stay positive and less
		than 100. The package implements the model specification,
		estimation, and forecasting routines, facilitating coherent
		workflows and reproducibility. It also includes automated
		pseudo-out-of-sample forecasting and computation of forecasting
		performance measures. Beautiful plots, informative summary
		functions, and extensive documentation complement all this.
		Extraordinary computational speed is achieved thanks to
		employing frontier econometric and numerical techniques and
		algorithms written in 'C++'. The 'bpvars' package is aligned
		regarding objects, workflows, and code structure with the 'R'
		packages 'bsvars' by Woniak (2024)
		doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.bsvars, 'bsvarSIGNs' by Wang  Woniak
		(2025) doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.bsvarSIGNs, and 'bvars' by
		Liu, Ramirez Hassan,  Woniak (2026)
		doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.bvars and they constitute an
		integrated toolset. Copyright: 2025 International Labour
		Organization. The International Labour Organization should not
		be held responsible for any issues arising from the use of the
		'bpvars' package or from the results obtained with it.
	</longdescription>
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