Factor Analysis of a Large DSGE Model
dc.contributor.author | ONATSKI, Alexei | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruge-Murcia, Francisco | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-20T17:14:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-10-20T17:14:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/4231 | |
dc.publisher | Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques. | fr |
dc.subject | Multisector economies | en |
dc.subject | Principal components | en |
dc.subject | Forecasting | en |
dc.subject | Pervasiveness | en |
dc.subject | FAVAR | en |
dc.subject | C3, C5, E3 | en |
dc.title | Factor Analysis of a Large DSGE Model | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de sciences économiques | |
dcterms.abstract | We study the workings of the factor analysis of high-dimensional data using artificial series generated from a large, multi-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model. The objective is to use the DSGE model as a laboratory that allow us to shed some light on the practical benefits and limitations of using factor analysis techniques on economic data. We explain in what sense the artificial data can be thought of having a factor structure, study the theoretical and finite sample properties of the principal components estimates of the factor space, investigate the substantive reason(s) for the good performance of di¤usion index forecasts, and assess the quality of the factor analysis of highly dissagregated data. In all our exercises, we explain the precise relationship between the factors and the basic macroeconomic shocks postulated by the model. | en |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:0709-9231 | |
dcterms.language | eng | en |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | |
oaire.citationTitle | Cahier de recherche | |
oaire.citationIssue | 2010-08 |
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