The Time Varying Volatility of Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Alejandro Justiniano and Northwestern University

No 219, Computing in Economics and Finance 2006 from Society for Computational Economics

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the sources of the important shifts in the volatility of U.S. macroeconomic variables in the postwar period. To this end, we propose the estimation of DSGE models allowing for time variation in the volatility of the structural innovations. We apply our estimation strategy to a large-scale model of the business cycle and and that investment specific technology shocks account for most of the sharp decline in volatility of the last two decades

Keywords: Great Moderation; Stochastic Volatility; Investment Specific Technology Shock; Relative Price of Investment; DSGE Models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-07-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-dge, nep-ets and nep-mac
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Journal Article: The Time-Varying Volatility of Macroeconomic Fluctuations (2008)
Working Paper: The Time Varying Volatility of Macroeconomic Fluctuations (2006)
Working Paper: The Time Varying Volatility of Macroeconomic Fluctuations (2006)
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