PERSISTENCE AND VOLATILITY OF BEVERIDGE CYCLES

Florian Sniekers

International Economic Review, 2018, vol. 59, issue 2, 665-698

Abstract: This article explains the cyclical behavior of the fluctuations in unemployment and vacancies by demand externalities. Adding such externalities to an otherwise standard search and matching model reduces the need for exogenous shocks in explaining these fluctuations. Under plausible parameter values, the equilibrium dynamics include a stable limit cycle that resembles the empirically observed counterclockwise cycles around the Beveridge curve. Calibrated to the duration of the business cycle, these endogenous “Beveridge cycles†are as persistent as the data, without losing any of the amplification of the standard model.

Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Persistence and volatility of Beveridge cycles (2016)
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