Solving the multi-country real business cycle model using ergodic set methods

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Year: 2011
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: 207-228

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

We use the stochastic simulation algorithm, described in Judd et al. (2009), and the cluster-grid algorithm, developed in Judd et al. (2010a), to solve a collection of multi-country real business cycle models. The following ingredients help us reduce the cost in high-dimensional problems: an endogenous grid enclosing the ergodic set, linear approximation methods, fixed-point iteration and efficient integration methods, such as non-product monomial rules and Monte Carlo integration combined with regression. We show that high accuracy in intratemporal choice is crucial for the overall accuracy of solutions and offer two approaches, precomputation and iteration-on-allocation, that can solve for intratemporal choice both accurately and quickly. We also implement a hybrid solution algorithm that combines the perturbation and accurate intratemporal-choice methods.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:dyncon:v:35:y:2011:i:2:p:207-228
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25