Mapping types of macromodel to types of macro user
扩展了布兰查德提出的宏观模型分类，区分了简单与复杂、数据一致性与理论一致性的模型，发现学术界偏好理论一致的模型，而私营和公共部门使用更多样化的模型，并探讨了这种差异的益处。
Abstract This paper expands on a list of different types of macroeconomic model proposed by Olivier Blanchard. The paper distinguishes between models that range between simple and complex, and between models that range in their focus between data consistency and theoretical consistency. While model users in the private sector and the public sector use a range of different types of model, academics confine themselves largely to models that are internally consistent in terms of their theory. The paper argues that the use of a wider range of models outside academia can no longer be explained by the novelty of DSGE models, and instead reflects some intrinsic advantages of other types of model. Finally the paper considers whether this difference in model use between sectors is beneficial.