Are Recoveries all the Same: GDP and TFP?

Sui Luo, Yu‐Fan Huang and Richard Startz

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, vol. 83, issue 5, 1111-1129

Abstract: Recessions and subsequent recoveries are frequently classified as ‘L‐shaped’ or ‘U‐shaped’, with output losses in the former being permanent and losses in the latter at least partially made up by higher than average growth during the recovery. We estimate the probability of a U‐shaped recovery for postwar NBER recessions. Most earlier recessions were U‐shaped but more recent recessions have been L‐shaped. The shape of recoveries is tracked relatively well by durable consumption, investment, labour hours and employment. Posterior probabilities for the shape of recoveries for nondurable consumption and participation rate are less decisive. However, total factor productivity appears to recover rapidly after all recessions.

Date: 2021
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