Replication materials for the "Evaluating Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy" project

Documentation and Code
DOI https://doi.org/10.60592/w65c-6818

This page links to replication materials — documentation and code — for five NBER working papers from the Evaluating Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy project. Each paper is listed below with its corresponding GitHub repository.

Replication Materials

Can Deficits Finance Themselves?
ckwolf92/self_finance

Local Projections vs. VARs: Lessons From Thousands of DGPs
dake-li/lp_var_simul

Double Robustness of Local Projections and Some Unpleasant VARithmetic
ckwolf92/lp_var_inference

Evaluating Monetary Policy Counterfactuals: When Do We Need Structural Models?
tcaravello/mp_modelcnfctls

Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists
ckwolf92/lp_var_nberma

Supported by the National Science Foundation grant #2314736

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Topics

Estimation Methods
General Equilibrium
Macroeconomic Models
Business Cycles
Money and Interest Rates
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy

Projects

Evaluating Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy

Papers

Can Deficits Finance Themselves?
Local Projections vs. VARs: Lessons From Thousands of DGPs
Double Robustness of Local Projections and Some Unpleasant VARithmetic
Evaluating Monetary Policy Counterfactuals: When Do We Need Structural Models?
Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists

Investigators

Christian K. Wolf

Data Categories

Macro - US

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