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SOLVING DYNAMIC MODELS WITH AGGREGATE SHOCKS AND HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2005

WOUTER J. DEN HAAN
Affiliation:
University of California at San Diego and National Bureau of Economic Research
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I develop an algorithm for solving dynamic models in which individualdecision rules and the cross-sectional distribution of agents'characteristics influence each other. To illustrate the algorithm, Isolve an endowment economy with incomplete markets, a continuum ofheterogeneous agents, and aggregate shocks. The key innovation of thealgorithm is to parameterize the (cross-sectional) density with aflexible functional form, which makes it possible to avoid simulationtechniques. The paper shows how to check for accuracy and establisheslinks between the properties of the incomplete-markets economy andthe aspects involved in obtaining a numerical solution.

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© 1997 Cambridge University Press