We analyse the decline in output volatility in Germany. A lower level of variance in an autoregressive model of output growth can be either due to a change in the structure of the economy (a change in the propagation mechanism) or a reduced error term variance (reduced impulses). In Germany the...

This paper estimates a medium-scale open economy DSGE model for Germany and the rest of the Euro Area (REA). The parameter estimates indicate that there is a modest degree of structural heterogeneity between Germany and the rest of the Euro Area. In particular, (i) the private sector in Germany...

Die Dissertation untersucht drei verschiedene geld- bzw. fiskalpolitische Fragestellungen im Rahmen von geschätzten dynamischen stochastischen allgemeinen Gleichgewichtsmodellen (DSGE-Modellen). Zum einen wird mittels eines Markov-Regimewechsel-Modells analysiert, inwiefern sich die Geldpolitik...