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Nonlinear DSGE model of a small open economy with time-varying parameters: Czech economy in a period of recession

Authors

TVRZ Stanislav VAŠÍČEK Osvald

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference Mathematical Methods in Economics
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
web conference proceedings
Field Economy
Keywords DSGE model; Great Recession; deep parameters; time-varying parameters; nonlinear particle filter; unscented particle filter
Description In this paper, we study the changes in the structure and behaviour of the Czech economy in a period of the Great Recession and subsequent return to the long-run equilibrium. This small open economy is represented by nonlinear dynamic stochastic model of a general equilibrium with financial accelerator. The development of time-varying structural parameters is identified using the second order approximation of a nonlinear DSGE model. The model is estimated with the use of nonlinear particle filter. Analogous model was estimated for the economy of the euro area. It is our goas to identify the most important changes in behaviour and underlying structure of the Czech economy. In order to distinguish the country specific changes from Europe-wide trends we also compare the time-varying estimates of the Czech economy and the euro area. We focus on the subset of parameters that are generally considered deep, i.e. time-invariant. Changes of these parameters during the period of global recession would imply that the structure of the economy together with its behaviour changed as a consequence of the recession.
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