Unanticipated movements in aggregate demand and the business cycle. Results from variance decompositions

Leonardo Leiderman*

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Abstract

What fraction of the variance in real economic activity over the business cycle is attributable to the variance of unanticipated movements in aggregate demand? This note reports calculations, based on a previous contribution by Lucas, aimed at answering this controversial question.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-129
Number of pages5
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979

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