ELI5: Vector Autoregression for Multivariate Time Series?
In the VAR class of models, you move beyond the single equation. You'll have more than one response variable of interest and you probably have to consider interactions and feedback loops between the equations.
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One will benefit from being careful when selecting the lag-length. The parameter estimates aren't readily interpretable. Instead, one oftentimes interpret what is known as the impulse-response function. There are quite a few estimation methods available. For example, some practitioners use the Generalized Method of Moments, others lean towards Bayesian Autoregression. The different methods have their merits and drawbacks which you'll have to consider given your application. On a side note, if I remember correctly, the number of parameters to be estimated in an unrestricted VAR model equals the number of equations, squared.
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What is more is that the VAR class of models is fairly well suited for predictive modeling.
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