Testing DSGE Models by Indirect Inference and Other Methods: Some Monte Carlo Experiments

26 Pages Posted: 28 Sep 2012

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Vo Phuong Mai Le

Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School

David Meenagh

Cardiff University Business School

Patrick Minford

Cardiff University Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Michael Wickens

Cardiff Business School; University of York; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: July 2012

Abstract

Using Monte Carlo experiments, we examine the performance of Indirect Inference tests of DSGE models, usually versions of the Smets-Wouters New Keynesian model of the US postwar period. We compare these with tests based on direct inference (using the Likelihood Ratio), and on the Del Negro-Schorfheide DSGE-VAR weight. We find that the power of all three tests is substantial so that a false model will tend to be rejected by all three; but that the power of the indirect inference tests are by far the greatest, necessitating re-estimation by indirect inference to ensure that the model is tested in its fullest sense.

Keywords: Bootstrap, DSGE, DSGE-VAR weight, indirect inference, likelihood ratio, New Classical, New Keynesian, Wald statistic

JEL Classification: C12, C32, C52, E1

Suggested Citation

Le, Vo Phuong Mai and Meenagh, David and Minford, Patrick and Wickens, Michael and Wickens, Michael, Testing DSGE Models by Indirect Inference and Other Methods: Some Monte Carlo Experiments (July 2012). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9056, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2153507

Vo Phuong Mai Le (Contact Author)

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David Meenagh

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Patrick Minford

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Michael Wickens

Cardiff Business School ( email )

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