Really uncertain business cycles

Nicholas Bloom, Max Floetotto, Nir Jaimovich, Itay Saporta-Eksten and Stephen Terry
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Max Flötotto () and Itay Saporta Eksten

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Abstract: We propose uncertainty shocks as a new shock that drives business cycles. First, we demonstrate that microeconomic uncertainty is robustly countercyclical, rising sharply during recessions, particularly during the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Second, we quantify the impact of time-varying uncertainty on the economy in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms. We find that reasonably calibrated uncertainty shocks can explain drops and rebounds in GDP of around 3%. Moreover, we show that increased uncertainty alters the relative impact of government policies, making them initially less effective and then subsequently more effective.

JEL-codes: E3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57 pages
Date: 2013
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Related works:
Journal Article: Really Uncertain Business Cycles (2018)
Working Paper: REALLY UNCERTAIN BUSINESS CYCLES (2014)
Working Paper: Really Uncertain Business Cycles (2013)
Working Paper: Really Uncertain Business Cycles (2012)
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