agriculture declines while labor productivity increases in agriculture more than in other sectors. We construct a unified theory of … business cycles and structural change consistent with the stylized facts. The focal point of the theory is the simultaneous …

We examine how credit constraints affect the cyclical behavior of productivity-enhancing investment and thereby … volatility and growth. We first develop a simple growth model where firms engage in two types of investment: a short-term one and … a long-term productivity-enhancing one. Because it takes longer to complete, long-term investment has a relatively less …

We estimate a New-Neoclassical Synthesis model of the business cycle with two investment shocks. The first, an … investment-specific technology shock, affects the transformation of consumption into investment goods and is identified with the … relative price of investment. The second shock affects the production of installed capital from investment goods or, more …

We present an analytically tractable general equilibrium business cycle model that features micro-level investment … fixed cost distribution, under which lumpy investment can be important: (i) The steady-state elasticity of the adjustment …

We estimate a New-Neoclassical Synthesis model of the business cycle with two investment shocks. The first, an … investment-specific technology shock, affects the transformation of consumption into investment goods and is identified with the … relative price of investment. The second shock affects the production of installed capital from investment goods or, more …