Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations: How Well Does the RBS Model Fit Postwar U.S. Data?

Jordi Galí and Pau Rabanal

No 10636, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Our answer: not so well. We reach that conclusion after reviewing recent research on the role of technology as a source of economic fluctuations. The bulk of the evidence suggests a limited role for aggregate technology shocks, pointing instead to demand factors as the main force behind the strong positive comovement between output and labor input measures.

JEL-codes: E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-07
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Published as “Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations: How Well Does the RBC Model Fit Postwar U.S. Data?,” (with Pau Rabanal), NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2004, 225-288.
Published as Jordi Galí & Pau Rabanal, 2004. "Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations: How Well Does the RBC Model Fit Postwar U.S. Data?," IMF Working Papers, vol 04(234).

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