Investment shocks and business cycles

"We study the driving forces of fluctuations in an estimated New Neoclassical Synthesis model of the U.S. economy with several shocks and frictions. In this model, shocks to the marginal efficiency of investment account for the bulk of fluctuations in output and hours at business cycle freque...

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1. Verfasser: Justiniano, Alejandro (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Primiceri, Giorgio E. (VerfasserIn), Tambalotti, Andrea (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 2009
Schriftenreihe:NBER working paper series 15570
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Zusammenfassung:"We study the driving forces of fluctuations in an estimated New Neoclassical Synthesis model of the U.S. economy with several shocks and frictions. In this model, shocks to the marginal efficiency of investment account for the bulk of fluctuations in output and hours at business cycle frequencies. Imperfect competition and, to a lesser extent, technological frictions are the key to their transmission. Labor supply shocks explain a large fraction of the variation in hours at very low frequencies, but are irrelevant over the business cycle. This is important because their microfoundations are widely regarded as unappealing"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site
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