QUEST II. A Multi-Country Business Cycle and Growth Model

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Introduction

1. Model Description

1.1 Sectors

1.1.1

Household Behaviour
Consumption and Saving
Labour Supply

1.1.2

Firm Behaviour

Production

Investment

Private Employment

Energy Demand

1.1.3

Government

1.2 Markets and Prices

1.2.1

Pricing Behaviour of Firms in Goods Markets

Domestic Prices

Export Prices

1.2.2

Labour Market

Wage Contracts

1.2.3

1.2.4

International Trade and the Current Account
Financial Markets and Exchange Rates

1.3 Trade Feedback Models

2. Standard Simulations

2.1Monetary Shocks

2.2Fiscal Shocks

2.3Technology Shocks

References

Appendix Model Solution Method

Annex Country Tables