Documentamos que la economía de Estados Unidos se ha caracterizado por una asimetría del ciclo económico cada vez más negativa durante las últimas tres décadas. Este hallazgo puede explicarse por el aumento del apalancamiento financiero de hogares y empresas. Para mostrar esto, diseñamos...

We document that the U.S. economy has been characterized by an increasingly negative business cycle asymmetry over the last three decades. This finding can be explained by the concurrent increase in the financial leverage of households and firms. To support this view, we devise and estimate a...

We document that the U.S. economy has been characterized by an increasingly negative business cycle asymmetry over the last three decades. This finding can be explained by the concurrent increase in the financial leverage of households and firms. To support this view, we devise and estimate a...