Revisiting the Great Moderation: Policy or Luck?

We investigate the relative roles of monetary policy and shocks in causing the Great Moderation, using indirect inference where a DSGE model is tested for its ability to mimic a VAR describing the data. A New Keynesian model with a Taylor Rule and one with the Optimal Timeless Rule are both tested....

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Published in:Open economies review 2015-04, Vol.26 (2), p.197-223
Main Authors: Minford, Patrick, Ou, Zhirong, Wickens, Michael
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Economic statistics
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Economics
Economics and Finance
European Integration
Federal Reserve monetary policy
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Interest rates
International Economics
Keynesianism
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Monetary policy
Monetary theory
Open economies
Phillips curve
Research Article
Studies
Taylor rule
Vector-autoregressive models
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Economic models
Economic Policy
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
European Integration
Federal Reserve monetary policy
Inflation
Interest rates
International Economics
Keynesianism
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Monetary policy
Monetary theory
Open economies
Phillips curve
Research Article
Studies
Taylor rule
Vector-autoregressive models
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