function vds = fn_vds_abs(irfs);
%vds = fn_vds(irfs)
%
% Inputs:
%  irfs: nsteps-by-n-by-r.  For each shock of r shocks, impulse responses are nsteps-by-n.
%---
% Outputs:
%  vds: nsteps-by-n-by-r.  For each shock of r shocks, variance decompositions (%) are nsteps-by-n.
%
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[nsteps, n,r] = size(irfs);

vds = zeros(nsteps,n,r);

vds_square_cum = cumsum(abs(irfs),1);
vds_square_sum = repmat(sum(vds_square_cum,3),[1 1 r]);
vds = (vds_square_cum ./ vds_square_sum) .* 100;

