Tractable Likelihood-Based Estimation of Non-Linear DSGE Models

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Robert Kollmann

ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles; University of Paris XII - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: August 2017

Abstract

This paper presents a simple and fast maximum likelihood estimation method for non-linear DSGE models that are solved using a second- (or higher-) order accurate approximation. The method requires that the number of observables equals the number of exogenous shocks.

Exogenous innovations are extracted recursively by inverting the observation equation, which allows easy computation of the likelihood function.

Keywords: Estimation of non-linear DSGE models, observation equation inversion

JEL Classification: C51, C63, C68, E37

Suggested Citation

Kollmann, Robert, Tractable Likelihood-Based Estimation of Non-Linear DSGE Models (August 2017). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12262, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3031899

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