Robust Comparative Statics in Large Dynamic Economies
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Acemoglu, Daron
Jensen, Martin Kaae
Date Issued
June 14, 2012
Publisher
Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics,Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Working paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics;12-17
Abstract
We consider infinite horizon economies populated by a continuum of agents who are subject to idiosyncratic shocks. This framework contains models of saving and capital accumulation with incomplete markets in the spirit of works by Bewley, Aiyagari, and Huggett, and models of entry, exit and industry dynamics in the spirit of Hopenhayn's work as special cases. Robust and easy-to-apply comparative statics results are established with respect to exogenous parameters as well as various kinds of changes in the Markov processes governing the law of motion of the idiosyncratic shocks. These results complement the existing literature which uses simulations and numerical analysis to study this class of models and are illustrated using a number of examples.
Subjects
Bewley-Aiyagari models
uninsurable idiosyncratic risk
infinite horizon economies
comparative statics
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