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Title: Can capacity constraints explain asymmetries
Keywords: E32
ddc:330
Capacity utilization
capacity constraints
asymmetry
RBC model
Real Business Cycle
Wirtschaftspotenzial
Bottleneck
Theorie
USA
Issue Date: 16-Oct-2013
Description: In this paper, we investigate the ability of a modified RBC model to reproduce asymmetries observed for macroeconomic variables over the business cycle. In order to replicate the empirical skewness of major U.S. macroeconomic variables, we introduce a capacity constraint into an otherwise prototypical RBC model. This constraint emerges due to the assumption of kinked marginal costs of utilization, where the kink is located at a utilization rate of 100 percent. We find that a model with a suitably calibrated cost function reproduces the empirical coefficients of skewness remarkably well.
URI: http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19713
Other Identifiers: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19713
ppn:558636241
RePEc:zbw:bubdp1:7036
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