Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Oct, 1960, Volume 28, Issue 4

A Simulation of the United States Economy in Recession

https://doi.org/0012-9682(196010)28:4<749:ASOTUS>2.0.CO;2-7
p. 749-809

Gary Fromm, James S. Duesenberry, Otto Eckstein

To test the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to depression, an econometric model has been built, which seeks to put the automatic stabilizers in a realistic macroeconomic setting. This model makes it possible to estimate the impact of alternative time patterns of decline of fixed investment and government purchases on the quarterly national income accounts, particularly on GNP. The model is also used to discover the implications of new potential policies, particularly improvements in the automatic stabilizers. A simulation approach is employed to study the effects of the error terms in the equations, both to see the forecasting potential of a model of this sort and to test whether errors lead to cumulative deviations from the expected path of the system.


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