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Solving and analyzing DSGE models in the frequency domain

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I provide a solution method in the frequency domain for multivariate linear rational expectations models. The method works with the generalized Schur decomposition, providing a numerical implementation of the underlying analytic function solution methods suitable for standard DSGE estimation and analysis procedures. This approach generalizes the time-domain restriction of autoregressive-moving average exogenous driving forces to arbitrary covariance stationary processes. Applied to the standard New Keynesian model, I find that a Bayesian analysis favors a single parameter log harmonic function of the lag operator over the usual AR(1) assumption as it generates humped shaped autocorrelation patterns more consistent with the data.

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  • Meyer-Gohde, Alexander, 2024. "Solving and analyzing DSGE models in the frequency domain," IMFS Working Paper Series 207, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS).
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