In a sample of 110 countries over the period 1960-2009, we document a positive relation between the volatility and … volatility and skewness in panel data with country fixed effects in the top quartile of countries in terms of beginning …

volatility and growth. We first develop a simple growth model where firms engage in two types of investment: a short-term one and …, thus mitigating volatility. But when firms face tight credit constraints, long-term investment turns procyclical, thus … amplifying volatility. Tighter credit therefore leads to both higher aggregate volatility and lower mean growth for a given total …

This paper examines the impact of international financial integration on macroeconomic volatility. Economic theory does … not provide a clear guide to the effects of financial integration on volatility, implying that this is essentially an … empirical question. We provide a comprehensive examination of changes in macroeconomic volatility in a large group of industrial …

creation, as well as in explaining fluctuations in stock-market and Treasury bond market volatility. In general, we find that …'s stock market volatility performing the best on several (but not all) dimensions. Their learning-based model's volatility … volatile than the David and Veronesi (2013) stock market volatility …

Empirical studies showed that firm-level volatility has been increasing but the aggregate volatility has been … financial development leads to a larger firm-level volatility but a lower aggregate volatility. In addition, our model is also … consistent with the observed decline in volatility of private held firms which do not have (or have only limited) access to …

This paper studies the effects of discretionary fiscal policy on output volatility and economic growth. Using data for … significant macroeconomic instability; (2) The volatility of output caused by discretionary fiscal policy lowers economic growth … by more than 0.8 percentage points for every percentage point increase in volatility; (3) Prudent use of fiscal policy is …