Assessing Bayesian Model Comparison in Small Samples

Enrique Martínez-García and Mark Wynne
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A chapter in Bayesian Model Comparison, 2014, vol. 34, pp 71-115 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: We investigate the Bayesian approach to model comparison within a two-country framework with nominal rigidities using the workhorse New Keynesian open-economy model ofMartínez-García and Wynne (2010). We discuss the trade-offs that monetary policy – characterized by a Taylor-type rule – faces in an interconnected world, with perfectly flexible exchange rates. We then use posterior model probabilities to evaluate the weight of evidence in support of such a model when estimated against more parsimonious specifications that either abstract from monetary frictions or assume autarky by means of controlled experiments that employ simulated data. We argue that Bayesian model comparison with posterior odds is sensitive to sample size and the choice of observable variables for estimation. We show that posterior model probabilities strongly penalize overfitting, which can lead us to favor a less parameterized model against the true data-generating process when the two become arbitrarily close to each other. We also illustrate that the spillovers from monetary policy across countries have an added confounding effect.

Keywords: Bayesian methods; posterior model probabilities; Schwarz criterion; new open economy macro; global slack hypothesis; C11; C13; F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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