Solving the stochastic growth model by backsolving with a particular nonlinear form for the decision rule

Christopher A. Sims

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Abstract

Backsolving is a class of methods that generate simulated values for exogenous forcing processes in a stochastic equilibrium model from specified assumed distributions for Euler-equation disturbances. It can be thought of as a way to force the approximation error generated by inexact choice of decision rule or boundary condition into distortions of the distribution of the exogenous shocks in the simulations rather than into violations of the Euler equations as with standard approaches. Here it is applied to a one-sector neoclassical growth model with decision rule generated from a linear-quadratic approximation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)45-47
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Business and Economic Statistics
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1990

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Keywords

  • Approximation
  • Dynamic programming
  • Euler equation
  • Optimization

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