growth and volatility in developing countries. The results suggest that it is difficult to establish a robust causal …

the associations of growth level, growth volatility, shocks, institutions, and macroeconomic fundamentals have changed in … growth, global oil prices, and global financial volatility. After accounting for the effects global shocks, we find that … attainment, and lack of political polarization reduce the volatility of economic growth. Countries cope with shocks better in the …

volatility of economic fluctuations. In a sample of 92 countries as well as a sample of OECD countries, we find that countries … with higher volatility have lower growth. The addition of standard control variables strengthens the negative relationship …. We also find that government spending-induced volatility is negatively associated with growth even after controlling for …

This overview introduces and summarizes the findings of a practical volume on managing volatility and crises. The … volatility leading to large output and economic growth costs, especially in poor countries. In these circumstances, good times do … cope with volatility also drive crises. Hence, the volume also focuses on the prevention and management of crises. It is a …

In a sample of 110 countries over the period 1960-2009, we document a positive relation between the volatility and … with recent theories of financial frictions. The positive relation between volatility and skewness in the cross-section is …

coincided with increased output volatility …

Does macroeconomic volatility/uncertainty affects accumulation of net foreign assets? In OECD economies over the period … 1970-2012, changes in country specific aggregate volatility are, after controlling for a wide array of factors …, significantly positively associated with net foreign asset position. An increase in volatility (measured as the standard deviation …

-2001, the corresponding standard deviation was 1.6%. This paper investigates this large drop in the cyclical volatility OF real … volatility using a large number of U.S. economic time series and a variety of methods designed to describe time-varying time … explanations for this 'great moderation.' Taken together, we estimate that the moderation in volatility is attributable to a …