Advanced DSGE Modelling and Bayesian Estimation
TRAINING DATES: 17th November 2025 –21 November 2025
COUNTRY: UAE-Dubai
Overview
Course Content
| Session/Day | Lecture Topic | Lab session |
|---|---|---|
Module 1 | New KeynesianModel with adjustment costs on investment and the under-utilization of maximum installed capacity -A brief theoretical review: adjustment costs on investment and the under-utilization of maximum installed capacity -Adjustment Cost on Investment -Cost of under-utilization of maximum installed capacity -The model o Households o Firms o The model’s equilibrium condition -Steady state -Log-linearization (Uhlig’s method) -Productivity Shock | Hands on:
Key features of Dynare |
Module 2 | Module 6 New-Keynesian Model with government -A brief theoretical review: Government -Introducing taxes into the DSGE models -Government budget constraints -Public investment -Alternative forms of government in the DSGE models -Taylor’s Rule -The model o Households o Firms o Government o Model’s equilibrium condition o Steady state -Log-linearization (Uhlig’sMethod) -Monetary and fiscal policy productivity shocks and analysis of the Laffer curve -Productivity and monetary shocks -Fiscal policy shocks -Using taxation for fiscal adjustment -The Laffer curve | Hands on:
Simulating model |
Module 3 | Bayesian Estimation of Models -The An and Schorfheide Model -A Non-Linear Variant of the An and Schorfheide Model | Hands on: Estimation of the models |
Module 4 | Bayesian Estimation -A Small Open Economy DSGE Model: The Lubik and Schorfheide -A Model with Money Demand and Money Supply: Fagan, Lothian and McNelis | Hands on:
Estimation |
Module 5 | Bayesian Estimation of large scale models -1.A Medium-Sized Closed Economy DSGE Model: Smets and Wouters • The Sticky Price and Wage Equations • The Flexible Price and Wage Equations . • The Exogenous Variables • The Steady-State Equations • The Measurement Equations -2.Quest III Model for Fiscal and Monetary Policy | Hands on:
Estimation |