%0 Report %A Novales Cinca, Alfonso %T The role of simulation methods in macroeconomics %J Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE) %D 2002 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64519 %X After reviewing the reasons to use solution methods in macroeconomics,this survey paper discusses diferent aspects relative to a rigorous use of thenumerical output of such methods. Special attention is paid to suggestionsthat have been made to incorporate parameter uncertainty. Finally, theneed to test for usually maintained assumptions, such as rationality of expectations,is emphasized. %~