Do data revisions matter for DSGE estimation?

Givens, Gregory (2016): Do data revisions matter for DSGE estimation?

Abstract

This paper checks whether the coefficient estimates of a famous DSGE model are robust to macroeconomic data revisions. The effects of revisions are captured by rerunning the estimation on a real-time data set compiled using the latest time series available each quarter from 1997 through 2015. Results show that point estimates of the structural parameters are generally robust to changes in the data that have occurred over the past twenty years. By comparison, estimates of the standard errors are relatively more sensitive to revisions. The latter implies that judgements about the statistical significance of certain parameters depend on which data vintage is used for estimation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Data Revisions, Real-Time Data, DSGE Estimation
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology ; Computer Programs > C82 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data ; Data Access; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy

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