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Secular Stagnation: Is it in the Data?

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  • Kirikos, Dimitris G.

    (University of Applied Sciences Crete and Hellenic Open University)

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The anemic recovery of advanced economies, after eight years into the great recession, has recently been attributed to the persistent slump in demand and its effects on long-run growth rates through hysteresis effects. If adverse secular trends are at work, then the data should show that the long-run growth rate has shifted to a lower level. Hence, using a simple Markov switching regimes model, we investigate whether the growth rate of potential GDP has exhibited a persistent switch, based on OECD data for nine economies over the period 1990-2017. It turns out that, in all cases, potential GDP growth is characterized by switching dynamics and this provides necessary evidence that secular stagnation cannot be ruled out empirically. Una stagnazione secolare è nei fatti? La anemica ripresa delle economie avanzate dopo otto anni di grande recessione è stata recentemente attribuita al persistente calo della domanda ed ai suoi effetti sulla crescita nel lungo periodo tramite effetti di isteresi. Se intervenissero tendenze secolari contrarie, allora i dati dovrebbero mostrare che i tassi di crescita nel lungo periodo sono diminuiti. Di conseguenza, usando un modello Markoviano a regime variabile, si analizza se il tasso di crescita del PIL potenziale ha evidenziato una variazione persistente, basandosi su dati OCSE relativi a nove economie nel periodo 1990-2017. Vi sono evidenze che per tutti i paesi la crescita del PIL potenziale è caratterizzata da dinamiche variabili e ciò indica che la stagnazione secolare non può essere empiricamente esclusa.

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  • Kirikos, Dimitris G., 2017. "Secular Stagnation: Is it in the Data?," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 70(4), pages 411-418.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0810
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    1. Kirikos, Dimitris G., 2020. "Quantitative easing impotence in the liquidity trap: Further evidence," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 151-162.
    2. Wang, Lu & Wu, Jiangbin & Cao, Yang & Hong, Yanran, 2022. "Forecasting renewable energy stock volatility using short and long-term Markov switching GARCH-MIDAS models: Either, neither or both?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).

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    Keywords

    Secular Stagnation; Switching Regime; Long-run Growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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