Comparing solution methods for dynamic equilibrium economies

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2477-2508

  Aruoba, S Boraǧan ^a   Fernández Villaverde, Jesús ^b   Rubio Ramírez, Juan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Dynamic equilibrium economies; Linear and nonlinear solution methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749011403     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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