Identification Using Stability Restrictions

Leandro Magnusson and Sophocles Mavroeidis

No 1116, Working Papers from Tulane University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Structural change, typically induced by policy regime shifts, is a common feature of dynamic economic models. We show that structural change can be used constructively to improve the identification of structural parameters that are stable over time. A leading example is models that are immune to the well-known Lucas (1976) critique. This insight is used to develop novel econometric methods that extend the widely used generalized method of moments (GMM). The proposed methods yield improved inference in a leading macroeconomic policy model.

Keywords: GMM; identification; structural stability; Lucas critique; new Keynesian models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2011-01
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