Making a match: Combining theory and evidence in policy-oriented macroeconomic modeling |
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| Authors: | G. Kapetanios A. Pagan A. Scott |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Queen Mary College, London, UK;2. Economics Program RSSS, Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 0200, Australia;3. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;4. Bank of England, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | A persistent question in the development of models for macroeconomic policy analysis has been the relative role of economic theory and evidence in their construction. This paper looks at some popular strategies that involve setting up a theoretical or conceptual model (CM) which is transformed to match the data and then made operational for policy analysis. A dynamic general equilibrium model is constructed that is similar to standard CMs. After calibration to UK data it is used to examine the utility of formal econometric methods in assessing the match of the CM to the data and also to evaluate some standard model-building strategies. |
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| Keywords: | C50 C51 C52 |
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