This paper studies the relationship between volatility and long-run growth in a complete market economy with human capital accumulation and Epstein-Zin preferences. There is both cross-country and time-series evidence that volatility is associated with lower growth. Matching this evidence has...

One of the most topical issues that have received extensive attention in economics to date centers on: what determines economic growth? Attempts at answering this question have spawned an avalanche of possible reasons as determinants, ranging from economic, social, political to institutional...