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Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is the Howard Marks Presidential Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research interests encompass macroeconomics and econometrics, with a specific focus on computation and estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, which are the standard tools of modern quantitative macroeconomics. His work aims to evaluate the likelihood of non-linear and/or non-normal DSGE models while exploring situations that appropriately account for critical data features. Recent examples of his research include analyzing the effects of fiscal uncertainty on economic activity, studying asset pricing implications of DSGE models with Epstein-Zin preferences, and investigating the consequences of stochastic volatility in small open economies.
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