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.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Salyer:EL:2007
%A Salyer, Kevin D.
%D 2007
%J Economics Letters
%K disaster equity-premium
%N 1
%P 64-70
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.003
%T Macroeconomic Priorities and Crash States
%U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517650600259X
%V 94
%X 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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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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author = {Salyer, Kevin D.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/286d160d40c08b9144a5f3313dd91f721/fcqms},
description = {Macroeconomic priorities and crash states},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.003},
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issn = {0165-1765},
journal = {Economics Letters },
keywords = {disaster equity-premium},
number = 1,
pages = {64-70},
timestamp = {2014-10-15T00:17:04.000+0200},
title = {Macroeconomic Priorities and Crash States },
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517650600259X},
volume = 94,
year = 2007
}