Output composition and the US output volatility decline

Francisco Alcalá () and Israel Sancho
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Israel Sancho: University of Murcia

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Abstract: We argue that the role played by output-composition changes on the decline in US output volatility has been incorrectly assessed in the recent literature. We obtain that shifts across broad sectors in the economy account for about thirty-percent of the volatility decline since the 1950’s.

Keywords: volatility; business fluctuations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-07-09, Revised 2003-07-09
Note: Type of Document - ; pages: 9
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