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First part of chapter 14 in handbook of macroeconomics, vol. Resuscitating real business cycles, handbook of macroeconomics. Rebelo 2000, resuscitating real business cycles, in john taylor and michael woodford eds. The real business cycle rbc research program has grown spectacularly over the last decade, as its concepts and methods have diffused into mainstream. This book provides an authoritative treatment of this emerging field. Resuscitating real business cycles kellogg school of management. The chapters in metric space and banach space are particularly. Ch 14 resuscitating real business cycles, pp 9271007 robert king and sergio rebelo ch 15 staggered price and wage setting in macroeconomics, pp 10091050 john taylor ch 16 the cyclical behavior of prices and costs, pp 105115 julio rotemberg and michael woodford ch 17 labormarket frictions and employment fluctuations, pp 171170 robert hall. This chapter exposits the basic rbc model and shows that it requires large. Chapter 14 in handbook of macroeconomics, 1999, vol. World scientific studies in international economic sapienza, p. University of california, san diego spring 2014 department of.
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Rebelo 1999, resuscitating real business cycles, handbook of macroeconomics, volume 1, chapter 14. The real business cycle model the real business cycle model method of undetermined coe cients calibration code. Robert king and sergio rebelo chapter 14 in handbook of macroeconomics, 1999, vol. He received his licenciatura in economics from portuguese catholic university in 1981, and went on to receive a masters degree in operations research at the technical university of lisbon in 1985, before being awarded a masters degree and doctorate in economics at the university of rochester in 1987 and 1989. His current research focuses upon growth, business cycles, international trade, and financial markets. The first part contains a bulk of useful tools in analyzing linear dynamic models. New classical economics and real business cycle theory. The basic neoclassical model, journal of monetary economics 21 23. Equilibrium models, real business cycle models, real shocks. Overview meeting time and location coursework and grading. Clarida, gali, and gertler, \the science of monetary policy, jel 1999. Macroeconomic fluctuations and the allocation of time. Macroeconomic time seriesinhandbook of macroeconomics. He is also a codirector of the center for international macroeconomics at northwestern university.
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Kings work spans many areas, including business cycle theory and measurement, real business cycle theory, monetary policy, and economic growth. Prescott 1982 time to build and aggregate fluctuations. This paper introduces the new keynesian model and investigates some aspects of the great moderation. It is the outcome of research mainly by kydland and prescott, barro and king, long and plosser, and prescott. Rebelo born october 29, 1959 is a portuguese economist who is the current mufg bank distinguished professor of international finance, where served as chair of the finance department at the kellogg school of management. Real business cycles lectures 2 and 3 christiano, lawrence, martin eichenbaum, and robert vigfusson. Pdf a critical reflection on real business cycle models. Rebelo staggered price and wage setting in macroeconomics \ john b. Resuscitating real business cycles, handbook of macroeconomics, volume 1. Nov 29, 2016 real business cycles are recurrent fluctuations in an economys incomes, products, and factor inputs especially labour that are due to nonmonetary sources. Faculty of business and economics school of economics and. Resuscitating real business cycles, in taylor and woodford, handbook of macroeconomics, vol 1b, ch14 uhlig 1999.
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