Investment shocks and macroeconomic co-movement

Francesco Furlanetto, Gisle Natvik and Martin Seneca

No 2011/14, Working Paper from Norges Bank

Abstract: Recent studies find that shocks to the marginal efficiency of investment are a main driver of business cycles. Yet, they struggle to explain why consumption co-moves with real variables such as investment and output, which is a typical feature of an empirically recognizable business cycle. In this paper we show that within a conventional business cycle model, rule-of-thumb consumption provides a straightforward explanation of macroeconomic co-movement after a shock to the marginal efficiency of investment.

Keywords: Investment shocks; consumption; rule-of-thumb consumers; nominal rigidities; co-movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2011-08-31
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