Saddlepoint Problems in Continuous Time Rational Expectations Models: A General Method and Some Macroeconomic Examples

Willem Buiter

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper presents a general solution method for rational expectations models that can be represented by systems of deterministic first order linear differential equations with constant coefficients. It is the continuous time adaptation of the method of Blanchard and Khan. To obtain a unique solution there must be as many linearly independent boundary conditions as there are linearly independent state variables. Three slightly different versions of a well-known small open economy macroeconomic model were used to illustrate three fairly general ways of specifying the required boundary conditions. The first represents the standard case in which the number of stable characteristic roots equals the number of predetermined variables. The second represents the case where the number of stable roots exceeds the number of predetermined variables but equals the number of predetermined variables plus the number of "backward-looking" but non-predetermined variables whose discontinuities are linear functions of the discontinuities in the forward-looking variables. The third represents the case where the number of unstable roots is less than the number of forward-looking state variables. For the last case, boundary conditions are suggested that involve linear restrictions on the values of the state variables at a future date.

Pages: 31 pages
Date: 1982
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Journal Article: Saddlepoint Problems in Continuous Time Rational Expectations Models: A General Method and Some Macroeconomic Examples (1984)
Working Paper: Saddlepoint Problems in Contifuous Time Rational Expectations Models: A General Method and Some Macroeconomic Ehamples (1984)
Working Paper: SADDLEPOINT PROBLEMS IN CONTINUOUS TIME RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS MODELS: A General Method and Some Macroeconomic Examples (1982)
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