Accounting for Business Cycles
We elaborate on the business cycle accounting method proposed by Chari et al. (2006), clear up some misconceptions about the method, and then apply it to compare the Great Recession across OECD countries as well as to the recessions of the 1980s in these countries. We have four main findings. First,...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:macchp:v2-1013 2024-04-14T08:13:34+00:00 Accounting for Business Cycles Brinca, P. Chari, V.V. Kehoe, P.J. McGrattan, E. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574004816300131 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574004816300131 book ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:41:04Z We elaborate on the business cycle accounting method proposed by Chari et al. (2006), clear up some misconceptions about the method, and then apply it to compare the Great Recession across OECD countries as well as to the recessions of the 1980s in these countries. We have four main findings. First, with the notable exception of the United States, Spain, Ireland, and Iceland, the Great Recession was driven primarily by the efficiency wedge. Second, in the Great Recession, the labor wedge plays a dominant role only in the United States, and the investment wedge plays a dominant role in Spain, Ireland, and Iceland. Third, in the recessions of the 1980s, the labor wedge played a dominant role only in France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium. Finally, overall in the Great Recession, the efficiency wedge played a more important role and the investment wedge played a less important role than they did in the recessions of the 1980s. Great Recession; Labor wedge; Efficiency wedge; Investment wedge; Decomposition of variance; E3; E32; F44; Book Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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We elaborate on the business cycle accounting method proposed by Chari et al. (2006), clear up some misconceptions about the method, and then apply it to compare the Great Recession across OECD countries as well as to the recessions of the 1980s in these countries. We have four main findings. First, with the notable exception of the United States, Spain, Ireland, and Iceland, the Great Recession was driven primarily by the efficiency wedge. Second, in the Great Recession, the labor wedge plays a dominant role only in the United States, and the investment wedge plays a dominant role in Spain, Ireland, and Iceland. Third, in the recessions of the 1980s, the labor wedge played a dominant role only in France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium. Finally, overall in the Great Recession, the efficiency wedge played a more important role and the investment wedge played a less important role than they did in the recessions of the 1980s. Great Recession; Labor wedge; Efficiency wedge; Investment wedge; Decomposition of variance; E3; E32; F44; |
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