, output volatility, and economic growth, using a large cross-section of 88 countries over the period 1960 to 2004 … results: First, both pro- and countercyclical fiscal policy amplify output volatility, much in a way like pure fiscal shocks … that are unrelated to the cycle. Second, output volatility, due to variations in cyclical and discretionary fiscal policy …

According to empirical studies, the life cycle of labor supply volatility exhibits a U-shaped pattern. This may lead to … the conclusion that demographic change induces a drop in output volatility. We present an overlapping generations model … that replicates the empirically observed pattern and study the impact of demographic transition on output volatility. We …

. We develop a multi-country version of the Lucas tree model with time-varying volatility and show that in addition to … the cross country variations of realized volatility. Using this theoretical insight, two common factors, a ‘real' and a …-specific innovations to real GDP growth and realized stock market volatility. We then quantify the absolute and the relative importance of …

;Great Moderationquot; can be found in firm level data as well remains disputed. We study the evolution of firm level output volatility … trends in unconditional firm level and aggregated output volatility in Germany are similar. There has been a long …-run downward trend, which was interrupted by the unification period. Second, the conditional, idiosyncratic firm level volatility …

financial volatility. Uncertainty shocks hitting in recessions are found to trigger a more abrupt drop and a faster recovery in …

describe the most typical features of capital markets like volatility clustering, excess kurtosis and fat tails. As empirical … evidence shows asymmetry is also a prominent feature of stock market returns volatility. The reaction of risk if stock returns …

demands of public spending, this paper analyzes the tradeoff between growth and volatility of tax revenues in Latin America …