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The Role of Permanent and Transitory Components in Business Cycle Volatility Moderation

Korenok, Oleg; Radchenko, Stanislav - 2004

The paper examines the processes underlying economic fluctuations by investigating the volatility moderation of U.S. economy in the early 1980's. We decompose the volatility decline using a dynamic factor framework into a common stochastic trend, common transitory component and idiosyncratic...

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(S,s) pricing: Does the heterogeneity wipe out the asymmetry on micro level?

Babutsidze, Zakaria - 2010

This paper presents a model of asymmetric (S,s) pricing. We investigate whether the asymmetry on micro level is carried … conclude that the first type of asymmetry can be attributed to the differences in adjustment bands and that heterogeneity … softens this effect. The second type of asymmetry is the result of pricing behavior, thus of agent heterogeneity itself. …

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The role of credit aggregates and asset prices in the transmission mechanism: a comparison between the euro area and the US

Kaufmann, Sylvia; Valderrama, Maria Teresa - 2007

We analyze the interaction between credit and asset prices in the transmission of shocks to the real economy. We estimate a Markov switching VAR for the euro area and the US, including additionally GDP, CPI and a short-term interest rate. We find evidence for two distinct states in both regions....

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