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How deep are the deep parameters?

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Filippo Altissimo () (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department)
Stefano Siviero () (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department)
Daniele Terlizzese () (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department)

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Policy evaluation based on the estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with aggregate macroeconomic time series rests on the assumption that a representative agent can be identified, whose behavioural parameters are independent of the policy rules. Building on earlier work by Geweke, the main goal of this paper is to show that the representative agent is in general not structural, in the sense that its estimated behavioural parameters are not policyindependent. The paper identifies two different sources of nonstructurality. The latter is shown to be a fairly general feature of optimizing representative agent rational expectations models estimated on macroeconomic data.

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Paper provided by Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department in its series Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) with number 354.

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Keywords: Structural models; Lucas Critique;

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  1. Stefano Siviero & Daniele Terlizzese & Ignazio Visco, 1999. "Are model-based inflation forecasts used in monetary policymaking? A case study," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 357, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Grégory Levieuge & Alexis Penot, 2008. "The Fed and the ECB: Why such an apparent difference in reactivity?," Working Papers 0804, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université Lyon 2, Ecole Normale Supérieure. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Filippo Altissimo & Stefano Siviero & Daniele Terlizzese, 2002. "How Deep are the Deep Parameters?," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ADRES, issue 67-68, pages 08, Juillet-D. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Jesper Linde, 2002. "Monetary Policy Analysis in Backward-Looking Models," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ADRES, issue 67-68, pages 07, Juillet-D. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Leonardo Gambacorta, 1999. "What is the Optimal Institutional Arrangement for a Monetary Union?," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 356, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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