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Recent estimates of the welfare cost of consumption volatility find that it is significant in developing nations, where … consumption volatility is of utmost relevance. Based on cross-country data for the period 1960-2005, the paper explains … consumption volatility using three sets of variables: one refers to the volatility of income and the persistence of income shocks …
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Recent estimates of the welfare cost of consumption volatility find that it is significant in developing nations, where … consumption volatility is of utmost relevance. Based on cross-country data for the period 1960-2005, the paper explains … consumption volatility using three sets of variables: one refers to the volatility of income and the persistence of income shocks …
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Most economists would agree that a hike in the federal funds rate will cause some slowdown in growth and inflation, and that the bulk of the empirical evidence is consistent with this statement. But perfectly reasonable economists can and do disagree even on the basic effects of a shock to...
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Using VAR analysis on US data, we show that unanticipated fiscal expansions boost private consumption and business formation. Models with an extensive investment margin, i.e. endogenous firm and product entry, have difficulties explaining these two phenomena simultaneously. Considering different...
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This paper empirically studies the effects of fiscal policy shocks on private consumption. Further, it tries to determine if the level of government bond yield and the unemployment rate affect that relationship. We use yearly data between 1970 and 2000 for thirty-eight countries, of which half...
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