This paper points out an empirical failing of real business cycle models in which unemployment is endogenized through a matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model as it is in the data, or to make the response of...

"Real Business Cycle (RBC) Theory holds that random fluctuations in productivity are what causes the business cycle. Economists have come up with different models over the years which attempt to explain patterns in real business cycles, though the two which dominate proceedings are Kydland &...

RBC-Modelle sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der makroökonomischen Theorie. In diesem Modellrahmen werden die Wirkungen von fiskalpolitischen Maßnahmen analysiert, die Modellmechanismen erklärt und verschiedene Politikmaßnahmen anhand der Output- und Nutzeneffekte beurteilt. Es zeigt sich...