This paper introduces a general method for computing equilibria with heteroge- neous agents and aggregate shocks that is particularly suitable for economies with private infor- mation. Instead of the cross-sectional distribution of agents across individual states, the method uses as a state...

Our very simple two agent New Keynesian model is highly stylised. It consists of an entrepreneur, who owns the economies' firms, consumes and saves, but does not work (or does not receive wage income), while the worker consumes and works, but cannot save. The allocation of the ability to save...