Boivin, Jean; Giannoni, Marc Paolo - Columbia University <New York, NY> / Department of Economics; …
Several authors have documented a reduced variability ofoutput and inflation in the United States since the beginningof the 1980s.1 In fact, a comparison of the 1980:1-2001:2 periodwith the two preceding decades shows that the standarddeviation of quarterly output growth has fallen 30...