Financial frictions are known to raise the volatility of economies to shocks (e.g. Bernanke andGertler 1989). We follow … this line of research to the labor literature concerned by the volatility of labor market outcomes to productivity shocks … are a good candidate to solve the volatility puzzle and rejoin Pissarides (2009) in arguing that hiring costs must be …

business cycle volatility, hinting at a stabilizing effect of public employment, while public wages correlate weakly and … positively with business cycle volatility, hinting at a destabilizing effect of public wages. To explain these relationships, we …

as conventional wisdom - that output volatility and growth are negatively correlated. We reexamine this relationship in … basic negative association between growth and volatility has been preserved during the 1990s, both trade and financial … interaction between volatility and trade integration is significantly positive. We find a similar, although less significant …

This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone … could account for volatility differences across member states, but labor market characteristics have remained very diverse … significant negative effect on output volatility, while replacement rates have a positive effect, both of which are in line with …

smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1 …

paper offers a solution to this disagreement, suggesting that volatility carries a positive direct effect, but also a … volatility is then ambiguous. The paper reveals the underlying endogeneity of government size in a balanced panel of 95 countries … increase of volatility lowers growth by up to 0.57 percentage points in a democracy, but raises growth by 1.74 percentage …

What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly … or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions using a power-ARCH framework with annual … and legislative changes) has an indirect (through volatility) negative impact. We also find preliminary support for the …