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This paper reviews some of the literature on the macroeconomic effects of oil price shocks with a particular focus on possible nonlinearities in the relation and recent new results obtained by Kilian and Vigfusson (2009)
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This paper compares different solution methods for computing the equilibrium of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models with rare disasters along the line of those proposed by Rietz (1988), Barro (2006}, Gabaix (2012), and Gourio (2012). DSGE models with rare disasters require...
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This paper studies the causal mechanisms behind persistent poverty. Using original data on Boran pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, we find that heterogeneous and nonlinear wealth dynamics arise purely in adverse states of nature. In favorable states, expected herd grow is quasi-linear and...
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) model as a flexible representation of stochastic dynamics. The TQAR model can identify zones of stability/instability and …
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financial institutions. Focusing on a multi sector economy linked through a supply network, we show how structural properties of … the supply network determine both whether aggregate volatility disappears as the number of sectors increases (i … aggregate output from its mean) to sector-specific volatility and to the structural properties of the supply network …
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, summary network parameters (e.g., the degree distribution or transitivity index); and (iii) empirical models of strategic … network formation admitting interdependencies in preferences. Current research challenges and open questions are also …
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This paper presents and structurally estimates a model of endogenous network formation and legislative activity of … of Congress as exogenously given and instead embed it in a model of endogenous network formation useful for developing …
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The adoption and diffusion of inputs in the production network is at the heart of technological progress. What … from a network perspective, starting from a stylized model of network formation. Producers direct their search for new … inputs along vertical linkages, screening the network neighborhood of existing suppliers to identify potentially useful …
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I build a simple dynamic model of the formation of an international social network of importers and exporters. Firms … can only export into markets in which they have a contact. They acquire new contacts both at random, and via their network …
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Financial network structure is an important determinant of systemic risk. This paper examines how the U.S. interbank … network evolved over a long and important period that included two key events: the founding of the Federal Reserve and the …, initially reducing overall network concentration. The network became even more focused on Fed cities during the Depression, as …
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