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Crises and recoveries in an empirical model of consumption disasters
Nakamura, Emi; Jón Steinsson; Barro, Robert J.; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966429
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Crises and recoveries in an empirical model of consumption disasters
Nakamura, Emi; Jón Steinsson; Barro, Robert J.; … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 5 (2013) 3, pp. 35-74
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009790554
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Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of Consumption Disasters
Nakamura, Emi - 2013
We estimate an empirical model of consumption disasters using a new panel data set on personal consumer expenditure for … consumption of about 30%, but that roughly half of this decline is reversed in a subsequent recovery. Uncertainty about … consumption growth increases dramatically during disasters. Our estimated model generates a sizable equity premium from disaster …
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Rare Disasters, Asset Prices, and Welfare Costs
Barro, Robert J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
welfare cost of aggregate consumption uncertainty. In the baseline simulation, the welfare cost of disaster risk is large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050113
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Economic Growth in East Asia Before and After the Financial Crisis
Barro, Robert J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
In 1997-98, five east Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand -- experienced sharp currency and banking crises. The contraction of real GDP was severe in relation to the previous history and in comparison with five east Asian countries that were less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830262
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Religion and Political Economy in an International Panel
Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002
Economic and political developments affect religiosity, and the extent of religious participation and beliefs influence economic performance and political institutions. We study these two directions of causation in a broad cross-country panel that includes survey information over the last 20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778665
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Religion and Economic Growth
Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
Empirical research on the determinants of economic growth has typically neglected the influence of religion. To fill this gap, we use international survey data on religiosity for a broad panel of countries to investigate the effects of church attendance and religious beliefs on economic growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575101
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Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
Barro, Robert J. - The MIT Press
Research on economic growth has exploded in the past decade. Hundreds of empirical studies on economic growth across countries have highlighted the correlation between growth and a variety of variables. Determinants of Economic Growth, based on Robert Barro's Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973010
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Economic Growth, 2nd Edition
Barro, Robert J.; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - The MIT Press
This graduate level text on economic growth surveys neoclassical and more recent growth theories, stressing their empirical implications and the relation of theory to data and evidence. The authors have undertaken a major revision for the long-awaited second edition of this widely used text, the...
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On the size distribution of macroeconomic disasters
Barro, Robert J.; Jin, Tao - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874371