The econometrics of DSGE models

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Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-49

  Fernández Villaverde, Jesús ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; DSGE models; Likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955847684     PISSN: 18694187     EISSN: 18694195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13209-009-0014-7     Document Type: Article

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