# Contributions of endogenous variables

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/contributions-of-endogenous-variables/14996>\
**Category:** Stochastic simulations\
**Created:** [9 January 2020 14:55 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/contributions-of-endogenous-variables/14996 "2020-01-09T14:55:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2020 16:37 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/contributions-of-endogenous-variables/14996/2 "2020-01-09T16:37:31Z")

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I am not sure that question is well-posed. The cause-and-effect runs from exogenous to endogenous variables. Decomposing it into intermediate effects is usually not possible.

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