Are Habits Important for the Propagation of Business Cycle Fluctuations in Bulgaria?

Aleksandar Vasilev

Bulgarian Economic Papers from Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski - Bulgaria // Center for Economic Theories and Policies at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski

Abstract: We introduce internal consumption habits into a real-business-cycle setup augmented with a detailed government sector. We calibrate the model to Bulgarian data for the period following the introduction of the currency board arrangement (1999-2016). We investigate the quantitative importance of the presence of internal consumption habits motive for the propagation cyclical uctuations in Bulgaria. Allowing for habits in consumption improves the model performance against data, and in addition this extended setup dominates the standard RBC model framework without habits, e.g., Vasilev (2009).

Keywords: Business fluctuations; consumption habits; Bulgaria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 E32 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2018-09, Revised 2018-09
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Working Paper: Are habits important for the propagation of business cycle fluctuations in Bulgaria? (2018)
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