Lan, Hong; Meyer-Gohde, Alexander - 2014 - This version: December 19, 2013
We analyze the theoretical moments of a nonlinear approximation to real business cycle model with stochastic volatility … and recursive preferences. We find that the conditional heteroskedasticity of stochastic volatility operationalizes a time … differing orders of approximation, enabling us to identify the common channel through which stochastic volatility in isolation …