Most dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE) of the macroeconomy assume that labor is traded in a spot market. Two exceptions (Andolfatto [3], Merz [11]) combine the two-sided search model of Mortenson and Pissarides, [14], [13], [15] with a one-sector real business cycle model. These hybrid models are successful, in some dimensions, but they cannot account for observed volatility ...

This paper proposes an empirical dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) framework to measure monetary policy when the nominal short-term interest rate is zero. The framework assumes that there exists a shadow rate which represents the monetary policy stance of a central bank. When the shadow rate is positive, it is observed as the policy rate of the central bank. However, when it is nega...

This paper builds a small open economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for Indonesia with state-dependent pricing (SDP) and studies its implications policy analysis. Variations in the extensive margin of price adjustment under SDP are shown to non-trivially affect model-generated variance decompositions impulse responses various shocks. DSGE model-based analyses conducted wi...

Comparative analysis of the effects monetary and government financial expenditures shocks in context fractional full reserve banking Iran: DSGE approach

We analyze the euro area business cycle in a medium scale DSGE model where we assume two stochastic trends: one on total factor productivity and one on the in ation target of the central bank. To justify our choice of integrated trends, we test alternative speci cations for both of them. We do so, estimating trends together with the model's structural parameters, to prevent estimation biases. I...

We examine solutions in which neither player is worse off from the leadership of one in a policy maker-public game. The loop model of dynamic games is used. Outcome space is dotted with equivalence classes of solutions. The Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) results and their New Keynesian variants might represent one category. The economy is the neighborhood of a market-clearing equ...

I characterize cyclical fluctuations in the cross-sectional dispersion of firm-level productivity. Using the micro-estimated dispersion, or “risk,” stochastic process as an input to a baseline DSGE financial accelerator model, I assess how well the model reproduces cyclical movements in both real and financial conditions of the economy. In the model, risk shocks calibrated to micro data lead to...

In this paper, I argue that applied monetary policy analysis is hard. In particular, all of our models are grossly deficient relative to the ideal, and this cannot be corrected in the medium term. This view has important implications for answering the Simsian question of whether any given change in policy analysis methods is progress or regress. As an application of these ideas, I assess the po...

The Great Recession seems to be a natural experiment for macroeconomics showing the inadequacy of the predominant theoretical framework — the New Neoclassical Synthesis — grounded on the DSGE model. In this paper, we present a critical discussion of the theoretical, empirical and political-economy pitfalls of the DSGE-based approach to policy analysis. We suggest that a more fruitful research a...