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Economists, incentives, judgment, and the European CVAR approach to macroeconometrics

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  • Colander, David C.

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This paper argues that the DSGE approach to macroeconometrics is the dominant approach because it meets the institutional needs of the replicator dynamics of the profession, not because it is necessarily the best way to do macroeconometrics. It further argues that this 'DSGE theory-first' approach is inconsistent with the historical approach that economists have advocated in the past and that the alternative European CVAR approach is much more consistent with economist's historically used methodology, correctly understood. However, because the European CVAR approach requires explicit researcher judgment, it does not do well in the replicator dynamics of the profession. The paper concludes with the suggestion that there should be an increase in dialog between the two approaches. --

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Article provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy in its journal Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal.

Volume (Year): 3 (2009)
Issue (Month): 9 ()
Pages: 1-21

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Handle: RePEc:zbw:ifweej:7595

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Keywords: Methodology; macroeconometrics; general to specific; DSGE; VAR; judgment; incentives;

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  1. Economists, Incentives, Judgment, and the European CVAR Approach to Macroeconometrics
    by Christian Zimmermann in NEP-DGE blog on 2009-10-26 00:44:43
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  1. David Colander, 2010. "The Economics Profession, the Financial Crisis, and Method," Middlebury College Working Paper Series 1038, Middlebury College, Department of Economics.
  2. Spanos, Aris, 2009. "The Pre-Eminence of Theory versus the European CVAR Perspective in Macroeconometric Modeling," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, vol. 3(10), pages 1-14.

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