In this paper, we construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in order to investigate the impact of credit spread shocks on the U.S. business cycle. We find that the shocks to the investment specific technology and the preference weights on consumption and leisure are the main...

This paper studies work flow dynamics in Korea from 2000 to 2011 by using data from Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS). We examine the size and cyclicality of both the gross work flows and the associated transition rates between the labor market states of employment, unemployment, and...

We present a thought-provoking study of two monetary models: the cash-in-advance and the Lagos and Wright (2005) models. We report that the different approach to modeling money - reduced-form vs. explicit role - neither induces theoretical nor quantitative differences in results. Given...