What is the relationship between short-run fluctuations in economic activity and the long-run evolution of the economy? There is empirical evidence that more perturbed economies tend to grow less. Yet matching this evidence has proven challenging for growth models without market failures. This paper examines the relationship between short-term fluctuations and long-term growth within a complete-market economy featuring Epstein-Zin preferences and unbounded growth driven by human and physical capital accumulation. With these preferences, risk aversion and intertemporal elasticity of substitution are allowed to be independent of each other.When the model is plausibly calibrated, the relationship between themean and variance of growth turns out to be negative. In most cases, the effect of fluctuations on welfare is found to be negative and sizable, even when the long-run effect on growth is positive.

Annicchiarico, B., Pelloni, A., Valenti, F. (2024). Short-run fluctuations and long-run growth with recursive preferences. MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS.

Short-run fluctuations and long-run growth with recursive preferences

Barbara Annicchiarico;Alessandra Pelloni
;
Fabrizio Valenti
2024-01-01

Abstract

What is the relationship between short-run fluctuations in economic activity and the long-run evolution of the economy? There is empirical evidence that more perturbed economies tend to grow less. Yet matching this evidence has proven challenging for growth models without market failures. This paper examines the relationship between short-term fluctuations and long-term growth within a complete-market economy featuring Epstein-Zin preferences and unbounded growth driven by human and physical capital accumulation. With these preferences, risk aversion and intertemporal elasticity of substitution are allowed to be independent of each other.When the model is plausibly calibrated, the relationship between themean and variance of growth turns out to be negative. In most cases, the effect of fluctuations on welfare is found to be negative and sizable, even when the long-run effect on growth is positive.
2024
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Settore ECON-01/A - Economia politica
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Annicchiarico, B., Pelloni, A., Valenti, F. (2024). Short-run fluctuations and long-run growth with recursive preferences. MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS.
Annicchiarico, B; Pelloni, A; Valenti, F
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