Discussion paper

DP13492 Identification Versus Misspecification in New Keynesian Monetary Policy Models

In this paper, we study identification and misspecification problems in standard closed and open-economy empirical New-Keynesian DSGE models used in monetary policy analysis. We find that problems with model misspecification still appear to be a first-order issue in monetary DSGE models, and argue that it is problems with model misspecification that may benefit the most from moving from a classical to a Bayesian framework. We also argue that lack of identification should neither be ignored nor be assumed to affect all DSGE models. Fortunately, identification problems can be readily assessed on a case-by-case basis, by applying recently developed pre-tests of identification.

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Lindé, J, P LASEEN and M Ratto (2019), ‘DP13492 Identification Versus Misspecification in New Keynesian Monetary Policy Models‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 13492. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp13492