The scientific foundation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models

Public Choice

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-443

  de Grauwe, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behavioral macroeconomics; DGSE models; Inflation; Methodology of macroeconomics; Output gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955094870     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9674-x     Document Type: Article

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