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. Long-run identifying restrictions are used to decompose productivity, hours, and output into technology shocks and non …
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preference or more generally a demand shock. More recently two other explanations have been advocated: surprise changes in …
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positive technology shock, and (c) measured productivity increases temporarily in response to a positive demand shock. More …Using data for the G7 countries, I estimate conditional correlations of employment and productivity, based on a …) technology shocks appear to induce a negative comovement between productivity and employment, counterbalanced by a positive …
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candidates for this role: technology or other shocks that map to TFP movements; news about future productivity; and inflationary …
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Our answer: not so well. We reach that conclusion after reviewing recent research on the role of technology as a source of economic fluctuations. The bulk of the evidence suggests a limited role for aggregate technology shocks, pointing instead to demand factors as the main force behind the...
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find that emissions rise on impact only after an anticipated investment-specific technology shock; the response is … statistically significant after the first quarter. The same shock explains most— roughly a third—of the total variation in emissions … at a horizon of 5 years. Notably, emissions decrease on impact after an unanticipated neutral technology shock in a …
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positive technology shock …
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Is there a trade-off between fluctuations and growth? The empirical evidence is mixed, with some studies (Kormendi and Meguire (1985)) finding a positive relationship, while others (Ramey and Ramey (1995)) finding the a negative one. Our objective in this paper is to understand how fundamental...
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to which the leading shock candidates can explain fluctuations in output and hours. It concludes that we are much closer …
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short-run contractionary effect a positive investment shock on consumption. Such counterfactual co-movements are typical of … on impact of a positive investment shock …
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