Authors
Edward C. Prescott
Senior Monetary Advisor (former)
The Econometrics of the General Equilibrium Approach to Business Cycles
Abstract
The founding fathers of the Econometric Society defined econometrics to be quantitative economic theory. A vision of theirs was the use of econometrics to provide quantitative answers to business cycle questions. The realization of this dream required a number of advances in pure theory—in particular, the development of modern general equilibrium theory. The econometric problem is how to use these tools along with measurement to answer business cycles questions. In this essay, we review this econometric development and contrast it with the econometric approach that preceded it.
Published in: _Scandinavian Journal of Economics_ (Vol 93, Num 2, 1991, pp. 161-178) https://doi.org/10.2307/3440324.
Published in: _Real business cycles: A reader_ (1998, pp. 219-236)
Published in: _Macroeconometrics: Developments, tensions, and prospects_ (1995, pp. 181-198) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0669-6_5.
Published in: _New approaches to empirical macroeconomics_ (1991, pp. 33-50)
