OurmacroeconomicdatacomesfromEurostat,theEuropeanComission,andCepremap, aresearchcenterinFrance.OurfinancialdataisprovidedbytheEuropeanCentral Bank.Table3listsallthevariables.
Table4:Parameters
CalibratedParameters Target/Source Value Capitalshareinproduction α Samplemean 0.3687 GovernmentspendingtoGDP ηg Samplemean 0.2384 Inflation,annual% π Samplemean 1.4986 PercapitaGDPgrowth,annual%µz∗ Samplemean 1.0144 Investmentpricetrend,annual%Υ Samplemean 0.7822 Taxrateonconsumption τc Samplemean 0.1934 Taxrateonlaborincome τl Samplemean 0.1184 Taxrateoncapitalincome τk Samplemean 0.3318 Patientdiscountfactor βp R=1.87% 0.9998 Impatientdiscountfactor βi βi<βp 0.9700 Depreciationrateofcapital δ 10%annual 0.0250 Laborsupplyelasticity σl Literature 1.0000 Pricemarkup λp Literature 1.2000 Wagemarkup λw Literature 1.0500 Disutilityweightonlabor ψl Hoursl=1 0.9576
EstimatedParameters Prior(Mean,Std) Mode StandardDev. Taylorruleouput a
Δy N(0.5,0.05) 0.3080 0.3817 Taylorruleinflation a
π N(1.5,0.2) 2.1859 0.3631 Taylorrulesmoothing ρ
p B(0.75,0.1) 0.6633 0.3257 Calvopricestickiness ξ
p B(0.75,0.15) 0.8270 0.0210 Calvowagestickiness ξ
w B(0.75,0.15) 0.7682 0.0263 Priceindexationoninflation ι
p B(0.75,0.1) 0.9349 0.1621 Wageindexationoninflation ι
w B(0.75,0.1) 0.8195 0.2034 Patientconsumptionhabit b
cp B(0.6,0.1) 0.8190 0.0646 Impatientconsumptionhabit b
ic B(0.6,0.1) 0.7534 0.0520 Capitalutilizationcost σ
a N(1,0.25) 1.4372 0.2851 Investmentadjustmentcost S
k′′ N(2,0.5) 2.4513 0.6770 Housingadjustmentcost S
h′′ N(2,20) 52.2894 10.6362 Shareofpatientintotallabor κ B(0.5,0.1) 0.7450 0.1603 Impatientdefaultprobability F
i(ω¯
i) B(0.007,0.003) 0.0136 0.0046 EntrepreneurdefaultprobabilityF
e(ω¯
e)B(0.007,0.003) 0.0078 0.0015 Entrepreneurleverage L
e N(2.1,0.2) 1.5740 0.4425 Markupinsecuritizedhousing µ
h B(0.4,0.15) 0.1918 0.0716 Markupinsecuritizedcapital µ
k B(0.4,0.15) 0.2219 0.1467
Bankshock ρ
ν,σ
ν B(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.939,0.0730.041,0.0298 Stationarytechnologyshock ρ
ε,σ
ε B(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.928,0.0030.042,0.0003 Permanenttechnologyshock ρ
µz∗,σ
µz∗B(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.855,0.0020.112,0.0014 Stationaryinvestmentshock ρ
ζI,σ
ζIB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.311,0.0150.232,0.0034 Permanentinvestmentshock ρ
µΥ,σ
µΥB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.925,0.0070.047,0.0023 Preferenceshock ρ
ζc,σ
ζcB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.394,0.0140.516,0.0061 Housingshock ρ
ζh,σ
ζhB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.812,0.0020.070,0.0004 Markupshock ρ
λp,σ
λpB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.042,0.0670.150,0.0275 Firmequityshock ρ
γe,σ
γeB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.435,0.0030.518,0.0020 Firmriskshock ρ
σe,σ
σeB(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.952,0.0050.048,0.0097 Governmentspendingshock ρ
g,σ
g B(.5,.2),G(.01,2)0.896,0.0120.058,0.0013 Monetarypolicyshock σ
εp G(.01,2) 0.0004 0.0007
Note:N,B,andGstandfornormal,beta,andinversegammadistribution,respectively.
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