We study in a general perspective the partial equilibrium incentives and the general equilibrium asset pricing implications of Value-at-Risk (VaR) regulation in continuous time economies with intermediate consumption, stochastic opportunity set, and heterogenous attitudes to risk. Our findings...

We present an object-oriented software framework allowing to specify, solve, and estimate nonlinear dynamic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. The implemented solution methods for finding the unknown policy function are the standard linearization around the deterministic steady state, and a...

We present a comprehensive framework for Bayesian estimation of structural nonlinear dynamic economic models on sparse grids. The Smolyak operator underlying the sparse grids approach frees global approximation from the curse of dimensionality and we apply it to a Chebyshev approximation of the...

In an in‡uential series of contributions, Kraay and Ventura (2000, 2003) o¤er a“new rule” for the current account: in response to a temporary income shock, thechange in the current account is equal to the change in saving times the ratio of netforeign assets to wealth. We analyze the...

This article studies the e¤ect of limited commitment on stock return volatility in a dynamicgeneral equilibrium economy populated by investors with heterogeneous beliefs. Due to het-erogeneity of beliefs investors disagree about the fundamentals, introducing an additional riskfactor denoted...

New Keynesian models of monetary policy predict no role for monetary aggregates, in the sense that the level of output, prices, and interest rates can be determined without knowledge of the quantity of money. This paper evaluates the empirical validity of this prediction by studying the effects...

Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Frage nach dem geeigneten operativenZiel der Geldpolitik, wenn Zentralbanken zwar das Zinsniveau unmittelbar undkontinuierlich (z.B. täglich) beobachten können, Daten zu Preisniveau undProduktionsniveau jedoch nur periodisch (z.B. monats- oder...

A literature review of Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) shows that the main contributions focus on the development of theoretical models, but not on guidelines for practical implimentation. In this context an important neglected aspect is the...