# Detailed documentation of BVAR results in DYNARE?

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/detailed-documentation-of-bvar-results-in-dynare/18497>\
**Category:** BVAR\
**Created:** [7 July 2021 07:39 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/detailed-documentation-of-bvar-results-in-dynare/18497 "2021-07-07T07:39:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [7 July 2021 09:42 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/detailed-documentation-of-bvar-results-in-dynare/18497/2 "2021-07-07T09:42:29Z")

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> [@Bvar\_a\_la\_sims query](https://forum.dynare.org/t/bvar-a-la-sims-query/2145/2):
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> Hi, BVAR is Bayesian estimation, so the result of the estimation is not a point matrix for Phi, but a probability distribution over matrices (the so-called posterior distribution). The parameters of this distribution are computed when one calls for example the “bvar\_density” function, but they are not stored. Here is a solution: after a call to “bvar\_density”, run the following command: [ny, nx, posterior, prior] = bvar\_toolbox(nlags); where “nlags” is the number of lags that you want for th…

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