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On the Dynamic Implications of News Shocks

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  • Patrick Fève
  • Julien Matheron
  • Jean-Guillaume Sahuc

    (EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper assesses the time series properties of rational expectations models with news shocks. We show that news shocks allows to substantially improve the dynamic behavior of such models in generating higher persistence. We also warn the use of SVAR models to uncover news shocks.
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  • Patrick Fève & Julien Matheron & Jean-Guillaume Sahuc, 2009. "On the Dynamic Implications of News Shocks," Post-Print hal-01612711, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01612711
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