Seasonality and equilibrium business cycle theories

R. Braun and Charles Evans

No 168, Staff Report from Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Abstract: We consider a dynamic, stochastic equilibrium business cycle model which is augmented to reflect seasonal shifts in preferences, technology, and government purchases. Our estimated parameterization implies implausibly large seasonal variation in the state of technology: rising at an annual rate of 24% in the fourth quarter and falling at an annual rate of 28% in the first quarter. Furthermore, our findings indicate that variation in the state of technology of this magnitude is required if the model is to explain the main features of the seasonal cycle.

Keywords: Seasonal variations (Economics); Business cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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