Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/241097 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Canada Staff Discussion Paper No. 2021-5
Publisher: 
Bank of Canada, Ottawa
Abstract: 
This practical review assesses several approaches to solving medium- and large-scale dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models featuring occasionally binding constraints. In such models, global solution methods are not possible because of the curse of dimensionality. This causes the modeller to look elsewhere for methods that can handle the significant non-linearities and non-differentiable functions that inequality constraints represent. The paper discusses methods-including Newton-type solvers under perfect foresight, the piecewise linear algorithm (OccBin), regime-switching models (RISE) and the news shocks approach (DynareOBC) - and compares the results from a simple borrowing constraints model obtained using projection methods, providing example MATLAB code. The study focuses on the news shocks method, which I find produces higher accuracy than other methods and allows the modeller to study multiple equilibria and determinacy issues.
Subjects: 
Economic models
Business fluctuations and cycles
JEL: 
C6
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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