Arbeitspapier
On the indeterminacy of determinacy and indeterminacy
A number of authors have attempted to test whether the U.S. economy is in a determinate or an indeterminate equilibrium. We argue that to answer this question, one must impose a priori restrictions on lag length that cannot be tested. We provide examples of two economic models. Model 1 displays an indeterminate equilibrium, driven by sunspots. Model 2 displays a determinate equilibrium driven by fundamentals. Given assumptions about the shock distribution of model 2, it is possible to find a distribution of sunspot shocks that drive model 1 such that the two models are observationally equivalent.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 277
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables: Other
Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
Exchange and Production Economies
- Thema
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Identification
indeterminacy
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Beyer, Andreas
Farmer, Roger E. A.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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European Central Bank (ECB)
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Frankfurt a. M.
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Beyer, Andreas
- Farmer, Roger E. A.
- European Central Bank (ECB)
Entstanden
- 2003