DSGE Nash: Solving Nash games in macro models

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Year: 2025
Volume: 178
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper presents DSGE Nash, a toolkit to solve for pure strategy Nash equilibria of global games in macro models. Nash equilibria are computed with a decentralized approach: each player controls only its own policy function while other agents in the economy act independently. Although primarily designed to solve for Nash equilibria in DSGE models, the toolkit encompasses a broad range of settings, including the possibility of matching empirical data. Importantly, it allows to solve for the equilibrium in the presence of non-linearities or conditionally on shocks. When only one player is selected, the problem is re-framed as a standard optimal policy problem. We apply the algorithm to a standard two-country open-economy model, where central banks compete for rate setting. In the Nash equilibrium, central banks symmetrically trade-off inflation for output stabilization, in the presence of a zero lower bound constraint, the equilibrium becomes asymmetric: the central bank in the shock-originating economy implements a tighter policy, to reduce the zero lower bound duration, while the central bank in the other country opts for a more lenient rate setting strategy.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:dyncon:v:178:y:2025:i:c:s0165188925001095
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26