volatility depends on the nature of the underlying shock. Empirical evidence supports this conclusion. Our results also show that … the link between business cycle volatility and financial openness has not been stable over time …

frictions for business cycle volatility. In our empirical analysis, we demonstrate that stylised facts suggest that countries … with more developed financial systems have lower business cycle volatility. Financial openness has no strong impact on … business cycle volatility, in contrast. In our theoretical analysis, we use a dynamic general equilibrium model to study the …

Bank of Japan (BoJ) and exchange rate volatility. We use official intervention data for the period 1993 - 2000 that were … released only recently by the BoJ and find that interventions of the BoJ increased the volatility of the $/yen exchange rate …