Robust Predictions for DSGE Models with Incomplete Information

Ryan Chahrour and Robert Ulbricht

No 18-971, TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Abstract: We study the quantitative potential of DSGE models with incomplete information. In contrast to existing literature, we offer predictions that are robust across all possible private information structures that agents may have. Our approach maps DSGE models with information-frictions into a parallel economy where deviations from fullinformation are captured by time-varying wedges. We derive exact conditions that ensure the consistency of these wedges with some information structure. We apply our approach to an otherwise frictionless business cycle model where firms and households have incomplete information. We show how assumptions about information interact with the presence of idiosyncratic shocks to shape the potential for confidence-driven fluctuations. For a realistic calibration, we find that correlated confidence regarding idiosyncratic shocks (aka “sentiment shocks”) can account for up to 51 percent of U.S. business cycle fluctuations. By contrast, confidence about aggregate productivity can account for at most 3 percent.

Keywords: Business cycles; DSGE models; incomplete-information; information-robust predictions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D84 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-11, Revised 2019-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dge and nep-mac
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/docu ... /2018/wp_tse_971.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Robust Predictions for DSGE Models with Incomplete Information (2023)
Working Paper: Robust Predictions for DSGE Models with Incomplete Information (2021)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tse:wpaper:33124

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().