In this paper a two-phase pandemic-economic model is proposed, with phase-specific modeling and policy variables - as suggested by the chronicle of pandemic and economic policy developments over the period 2020-2021. In a first phase, the spread of a pandemic disease is the primary concern of...

In this paper we discuss a number of challenges for structural macroeconomic models in the light of the Great Recession and its aftermath. It shows that a benchmark DSGE model that shares many features with models currently used by central banks and large international institutions has...

In this paper we discuss a number of challenges for structural macroeconomic models in the light of the Great Recession and its aftermath. It shows that a benchmark DSGE model that shares many features with models currently used by central banks and large international institutions has...