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Most traditional explanations for the decreasing aggregate output volatility - so-called "Great Moderation" - fail to accommodate, or even directly contradict, another aspect of empirical data: the average sales volatility for publicly-traded US firms has been increasing during the same period....
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This paper studies the endogenous state dependence of the aggregate investment dynamics stemming from synchronized lumpy investments at the firm level. I develop a heterogeneous-firm real business cycle model where the semi-elasticities of large and small firms’ investments are matched with...
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This paper studies the endogenous state dependence of the aggregate investment dynamics stemming from synchronized lumpy investments at the firm level. I develop a heterogeneous-firm real business cycle model where the semi-elasticities of large and small firms’ investments are matched with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015269232
This paper develops a novel methodology to globally solve nonlinear dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with high accuracy. The algorithm is based on the ergodic theorem: if a simulated path of the aggregate shock is long enough, all the possible equilibrium allocations are realized,...
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This paper develops a novel method to solve dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models globally and accurately without specifying the law of motion. The method is based on the ergodic theorem: if a simulated path of the aggregate shock is long enough, all the possible equilibrium allocations...
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This work is a PhD dissertation, written at the Department of Economics, McGill University. The thesis offers a new framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure and institutions as given for the purpose of...
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mercado. ; A recent literature documents a secular increase in the sales-weighted markups in the United States, a phenomenon … paper documents the behavior of markups in Spain before, during, and in the aftermath of the Great Recession. We document … that markups rose during the financial crisis. Unlike in the U.S., these dynamics were led by small firms: in response to a …
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Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2033
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intrasectoriales ; We broaden the conceptual framework of estimating markups at the sectoral level developed by Roeger (1995), and …, firms with higher productivity present higher markups. Further, we use this empirical setting to estimate changes in firm …-level markups over the course of the crisis (2008/2012). Our results indicate that for around 50% of sectors average markups …
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Nonpoint pollution arises from dispersed sources and lacks direct monitoring. Observing individual abatement levels or discharges is generally impractical. This paper addresses the economic incentives for controlling nonpoint pollution, which differs from point source pollution due to...
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