Comparing DSGE-VAR forecasting models: How big are the differences?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 864-882

  Ghent, Andra C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Economic fluctuations; Hours debate; Model evaluation; Priors from DSGE models

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749083494     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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