This paper proposes a new instrument to identify the causal effect of output volatility on economic growth, which is based on (exogenous) volatility spillovers from abroad. Cross-section evidence from 128 countries points to a negative effect of volatility on growth.

We use a panel approach, covering 10 EU Member States over the period 1981 to 1999, for each of three major industry groups (manufacturing, construction, and services) and 18 more detailed industries to test whether the EU’s Single Market Programme has led to a reduction in firms’ markups...

This paper revisits the effect of globalization on the output-inflation trade-off, using a new data set of 1114 sacrifice and benefice ratios for a large cross-section of 118 countries over the time period 1966−2007, which is calculated following the approach of Jordan (1997). In line with...