Online Comparison Platform

You can explore model comparison techniques on the Online Comparison Platform (OCP). It offers many of the same features as MMB 3.1. and gives you access to pre-run simulations of all models for a subset of shocks and policy rules. For some examples of interesting comparisons please check out our Blog.

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The latest MMB versions 2.3, 3.0 and 3.1 are released under the auspices of the Macroeconomic Model Comparison Initiative (MMCI), a joint project of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) at Goethe University Frankfurt that is supported financially by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Download MMB 3.1 (Windows) Download MMB 3.1 (Mac OS) Download MMB 3.1 (Linux)

For windows users we provide an "all-in-one installer", which you can download here. It installs the latest version of the MMB together with a suitable combination of Dynare and Octave.

Download All-in-one installer (Windows)

We provide cross platform support for Windows, Mac and Linux. For any problem you encounter, please have a look at our FAQ section. We want to support and endorse the use of free and open source software for many reasons. The MMB is fully open source compatible and can be run without any propietary software. The source code can be browsed and downloaded directly on GitHub.

For older versions of the MMB, Dynare and Octave you can go to the Archive.

We would be very happy if you could give us a short user feedback by filling out our  Questionnaire

The MMB is written in Octave/Matlab and utilizes the DYNARE environment (more detailed information can be found in the User Manual below). Mac-users can download the compatible Dynare version here. For more information on DYNARE, please, visit their project website.

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For Linux users, most common Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch,...) already provide pre-build packages through their package management systems.

Replication Package

Also, we provide a replication package, where a model code remains as close as possible to the authors' original code or article. To download it, simply click on the button below

Download Replication package

User manuals

User Manual Description of current models Short list of models Description of policy rules

Referencing the MMB

Please cite the following articles when working with the MMB. They explain the approach to model comparison taken in the Macro Model Data Base software and provide some examples.

Volker Wieland, Tobias Cwik, Gernot J. Müller, Sebastian Schmidt and Maik Wolters, "A New comparative approach to macroeconomic modeling and policy analysis"Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 2012, Vol. 83, 523-541 (last working paper version)

Volker Wieland, Elena Afanasyeva, Meguy Kuete, and Jinhyuk Yoo. "New methods for macro-financial model comparison and policy analysis." Handbook of Macroeconomics 2 (2016): 1241-1319. (last working paper version)

Also, here you can find an extended list of articles, papers and presentations using the MMB.

Further questions

If those sources and user manuals are not sufficient, please visit the F.A.Q. section. Fell free to post further questions in the forum.

Previous versions of MMB and respective user manuals are available upon request. Please, contact us in case you need older versions that are compatible with DYNARE 3.0, 4.2, 4.3.