# Model Comparison with news shocks

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/model-comparison-with-news-shocks/13255>\
**Category:** Estimation\
**Created:** [13 February 2019 18:54 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/model-comparison-with-news-shocks/13255 "2019-02-13T18:54:41Z")\
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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:** [13 February 2019 19:27 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/model-comparison-with-news-shocks/13255/2 "2019-02-13T19:27:09Z")

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You could make do with the Laplace approximation to get the marginal data density. That would only involve mode-finding, not the full estimation.

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