DP10140 Identifying the Sources of Model Misspecification
| Author(s): | Atsushi Inoue, Chun-Hung Kuo, Barbara Rossi |
| Publication Date: | September 2014 |
| Keyword(s): | DSGE models, empirical macroeconomics, model misspecification |
| JEL(s): | C32, E32 |
| Programme Areas: | International Macroeconomics |
| Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10140 |
In this paper we propose empirical methods for detecting and identifying misspecifications in DSGE models. We introduce wedges in a DSGE model and identify potential misspecification via forecast error variance decomposition (FEVD) and marginal likelihood analyses. Our simulation results based on a small-scale DSGE model demonstrate that our method can correctly identify the source of misspecification. Our empirical results show that the medium-scale New Keynesian DSGE model that incorporates features in the recent empirical macro literature is still very much misspecified; our analysis highlights that the asset and labor markets may be the source of the misspecification.