Paper #1531

Título:

Understanding the sources of macroeconomic uncertainty

Autores:

Barbara Rossi, Tatevik Sekhposyan y Matthieu Soupre

Fecha:

Mayo 2016

Resumen:

We propose a decomposition to distinguish between Knightian uncertainty (ambiguity) and risk, where the �rst measures the uncertainty about the probability distribution generating the data, while the second measures uncertainty about the odds of the outcomes when the probability distribution is known. We use the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) density forecasts to quantify overall uncertainty as well as the evolution of the di�erent components of uncertainty over time and investigate their importance for macroeconomic �uctuations. We also study the behavior and evolution of the various components of our decomposition in a model that features ambiguity and risk.

Palabras clave:

Uncertainty, Risk, Ambiguity, Knightian Uncertainty, Survey of Professional Forecasters, Predictive Densities.

Códigos JEL:

C22, C52, C53.

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional / Estadística, Econometría y Métodos Cuantitativos

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