Bayesian analysis of DSGE models

S An, F Schorfheide - Econometric reviews, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews Bayesian methods that have been developed in recent years to estimate
and evaluate dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. We consider the …

A practical model-based approach to monetary policy analysis-overview

A Berg, PD Karam, D Laxton - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper motivates and describes an approach to forecasting and monetary policy
analysis based on the use of a simple structural macroeconomic model, along the lines of …

Shocks and frictions in US business cycles: A Bayesian DSGE approach

F Smets, R Wouters - American economic review, 2007 - aeaweb.org
Using a Bayesian likelihood approach, we estimate a dynamic stochastic general
equilibrium model for the US economy using seven macroeconomic time series. The model …

Clearing up the fiscal multiplier morass

EM Leeper, N Traum, TB Walker - American Economic Review, 2017 - aeaweb.org
We quantify government spending multipliers in US data using Bayesian prior and posterior
analysis of a monetary model with fiscal details and two distinct monetary-fiscal policy …

Medium-term business cycles

D Comin, M Gertler - American Economic Review, 2006 - aeaweb.org
Over the postwar period, many industrialized countries have experienced significant
medium-frequency oscillations between periods of robust growth versus relative stagnation …

Bayesian estimation of an open economy DSGE model with incomplete pass-through

M Adolfson, S Laséen, J Lindé, M Villani - Journal of International …, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper, we develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for an
open economy, and estimate it on Euro area data using Bayesian estimation techniques …

Has monetary policy become more effective?

J Boivin, MP Giannoni - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006 - direct.mit.edu
We investigate the implications of changes in the structure of the US economy for monetary
policy effectiveness. Estimating a vector autoregression over the pre-and post-1980 periods …

Does monetary policy generate recessions?

CA Sims, T Zha - Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2006 - cambridge.org
We consider two kinds of answers to the title question: Do random shifts in monetary policy
account for historical recessions, and would changes in the systematic component of …

Estimating macroeconomic models: A likelihood approach

J Fernández-Villaverde… - The Review of Economic …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
This paper shows how particle filtering facilitates likelihood-based inference in dynamic
macroeconomic models. The economies can be non-linear and/or non-normal. We describe …

Expectations, learning and macroeconomic persistence

F Milani - Journal of monetary Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
Monetary DGSE models under rational expectations typically require large degrees of
features as habit formation in consumption and inflation indexation to match the inertia of …