Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS -- III. POSSIBLE PITFALLS IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS -- IV. EXPLAINING THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS -- V. TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE IN AN ESTIMATED DSGE MODEL --...

This paper utilizes an open-economy New Keynesian overlapping generations model, the Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF), to assess the macroeconomic effects of external shocks and the impact of various monetary and fiscal policy responses. The simulations assess the effect of...