Solving Dynamic Equilibrium Models by a Method of Undetermined Coefficients

Computational Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-55

  Christiano, Lawrence J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler equation; expectational difference equations; frequency domain; matrix polynomial; real business cycle model; time to build

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036809885     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020534927853     Document Type: Article

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