DP13492 Identification Versus Misspecification in New Keynesian Monetary Policy Models

Author(s):	Stefan Laséen, Jesper Lindé, Marco Ratto
Publication Date:	January 2019
Keyword(s):	Bayesian estimation, Closed economy, DSGE model, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Monte-Carlo methods, Open economy
JEL(s):	C13, C51, E30
Programme Areas:	Monetary Economics and Fluctuations
Link to this Page:	cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13492

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.