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Computing Robust Stylized Facts on Comovement

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We propose an alternative method of obtaining stylized facts on comovement, based on the cross-correlation function of the prewhitened time series, which only depends on the purely stochastic components of the series and the cross effects between them. This approach has the property of being robust to the filtering procedure and hence to the definition of the cycle. The usual approach consists of obtaining the cross-correlation function of filtered variables, which reflect a mixture of both the existing cross-correlation between the variables and the autocorrelation structure of each of them. The autocorrelation structure, in turn, crucially depends on the filtering procedure. The relevance of such an approach is tested by revisiting some of the facts reported by Kydland and Prescott (1990).

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  • Francisco J. André & Ricardo Martín & Javier J. Pérez, 2001. "Computing Robust Stylized Facts on Comovement," Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces E2001/03, Centro de Estudios Andaluces.
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    Keywords

    Prewhitening; Business Cycle; Stylized Facts; Comovement.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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