Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …

-2000 sample, the initial response of investment to a productivity shock with responses in the top quartile is 60% higher than the … shock. Conversely, a slowdown after a boom can lead to a long lasting investment slump, which is unresponsive to policy … smoothing in the investment response to aggregate shocks. The remaining 40% is explained by general equilibrium forces. The …