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One of the leading methods of estimating the structural parameters of DSGE models is the VAR-based impulse response … response parameters exceeds the number of VAR model parameters. Situations in which this order condition is violated arise …
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We assess the contribution of "undue optimism" (Pigou) to short-run fluctuations. In our analysis, optimism pertains to total factor productivity which determines economic activity in the long run, but is not contemporaneously observed by market participants. In order to recover optimism shocks...
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crisis within a structural VAR framework. An expansionary balance sheet shock stimulates bank lending, stabilizes financial …
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. We document two new facts using VAR methods. First, a (positive) shock to future TFP generates a significant decline in …, VAR methods also establish a tight link between TFP news shocks and shocks that explain the majority of un …
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stress). Working with a VAR framework and a set-identification strategy which focuses on - but it is not limited to …
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This paper uses a range of structural VARs to show that the response of US stock prices to fiscal shocks changed in 1980. Over the period 1955-1980 an expansionary spending or revenue shock was associated with modestly higher stock prices. After 1980, along with a decline in the fiscal...
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We identify total factor productivity (TFP) news shocks using standard VAR methodology and document a new stylized fact …
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. Using historical data from 1973 to 2012 and vector autoregression (VAR)-based impulse response functions, we find a positive …
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