Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5062123 | Economics Letters | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reproduces Lucas's analysis of the costs of business cycles in an economy with a low probability, crash state in consumption growth. It is shown that the presence of a crash state dramatically increases the costs of consumption volatility.
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Authors
Kevin D. Salyer,