We propose and estimate a model where unemployment fluctuations result from self-fulfilling changes in expected inflation (sunspot shocks) affecting nominal wage bargaining. Since the estimated parameters fall near the locus of Hopf bifurcations, country-specific expected inflation shocks can...

This article introduces the rough path-dependent volatility (RPDV) model, a model structurally adapted to jointly capture two major empirical features of volatility: its rough behavior and its path-dependence.After presenting it in its general form and its link with other existing models in the...