FAGIOLO, G.; NAPOLETANO, M.; ROVENTINI, A. - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 115 (2007) 2, pp. 215-241
This work investigates the statistical properties of aggregate output growth rates in the U.S. and Italy. We show that in both countries growth rates follow an exponential-power density, with tails that are fatter than a normal distribution. Furthermore, fat tails appear to be robust with...