Engemann, Kristie M.; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Owyang, Michael T. - In: Macroeconomic Dynamics 15 (2011) S3, pp. 498-517
Oil prices rose sharply prior to the onset of the 2007–2009 recession. Hamilton [in the <italic>Palgrave Dictionary of Macroeconomics</italic> (2008)] noted that nine of the last ten recessions in the United States were preceded by a substantial increases in the price of oil. In this paper, we consider whether...