Working Paper

Production Technologies in Stochastic Continuous Time Models

Klaus Wälde
CESifo, Munich, 2009

CESifo Working Paper No. 2831

Properties of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models can be revealed by either using numerical solutions or qualitative analysis. Very precise and intuition-building results are obtained by working with models which provide closed-form solutions. Closed-form solutions are known for a large class of models some of which, however, have some undesirable features. This paper offers closed-form solutions for models which are just as tractable but do not suffer from these shortcomings.

CESifo Category
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Growth
Keywords: dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models, closed-form solution, continuous time, jump diffusion
JEL Classification: E200,O400