“…First, it is related to the econometric literature on networks, which includes research by Billio et al (2012), Yılmaz (2014, 2015), Hautsch et al (2015), Anufriev and Panchenko (2015), Härdle et al (2016), and Hagströmer and Menkveld (2016). This paper is also related to the literature on the estimation of sparse VARs (see Basu & Michailidis, 2015;Davis et al, 2016;Kock & Callot, 2015;Medeiros & Mendes, 2016;Song & Bickel, 2011). This paper is also related to the literature on the estimation of sparse VARs (see Basu & Michailidis, 2015;Davis et al, 2016;Kock & Callot, 2015;Medeiros & Mendes, 2016;Song & Bickel, 2011).…”