The MMCI brings together a network of renowned economic researchers, led by John Taylor, the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution; Volker Wieland, Chair of Monetary Economics and Managing Director at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability; and Michael Binder, Chair of International Macroeconomics and Macroeconometrics, Goethe University Frankfurt.
“We are enthusiastic about collaborating with leading research institutions such as the Sloan Foundation and the Hoover Institution on this important initiative. Its goal is to change research on macroeconomic modeling by making it more reproducible, collaborative and comparative in nature” stated IMFS Managing Director Volker Wieland.
Quantitative macroeconomic models play an important role in informing policy makers about the effects of monetary, fiscal and macro-prudential policies. Yet, little progress has been made to advance the development of methods and norms that are essential to making comparisons of such models both practical to carry out and highly informative. As part of the MMCI, the Macroeconomic Model Data Base (MMB), which already features about 70 macroeconomic models, will be developed into an interactive, open-source based platform for researchers reproducing and replicating models.
“The MMCI aims to put macroeconomists in a stronger position to inform policy makers at central banks, finance ministries, legislative bodies, regulatory authorities and international organizations about policy strategies the effects of which are robust to model uncertainty” stated IMFS Affiliated Professor Michael Binder.
About the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution based in New York City that supports original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. This grant was made through the Foundation’s Economic Institutions, Behavior, and Performance program, which supports rigorous and objective research projects on U.S. economic structure, behavior, and performance whose findings inform and strengthen decision-making by regulators, policymakers, and the public. Learn more at sloan.org.
About the Hoover Institution: The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, is a public policy research center devoted to the advanced study of economics, politics, history, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs. With its eminent scholars and world-renowned Library & Archives, the Hoover Institution seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity and secure and safeguard peace for America and all mankind.
About the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS): The IMFS is a research center of Goethe University Frankfurt. Its objective is to promote public awareness of the benefits of monetary and financial stability from an economic, financial and legal perspective. The institute aims to contribute to this goal by conducting economic and legal research, training doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, providing economic and legal policy advice, and disseminating new findings to the public.