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Real Business Cycles of Sticky Prices? The Impact of Technology Shocks on US Manufacturing

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  • Jim Malley

    (University of Glasgow)

  • V. Anton Muscatelli

    (University of Glasgow)

  • Ulrich Woitek

    (University of Glasgow)

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In this paper we estimate industry-level VAR models at the 4- digit SIC level for a number of US manufacturing sectors, using TFP series which allow for variable factor utilisation over the cycle. This allows us to verify the relevance of alternative theoretical modelling approaches to the business cycle. Our results support standard RBC models, and models of nominal rigidity based on sticky wages. They o er little support to dynamic general equilibrium models based on imperfect competition and sticky prices. Our results extend those obtained recently by other researchers using aggregate data.
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  • Jim Malley & V. Anton Muscatelli & Ulrich Woitek, 2000. "Real Business Cycles of Sticky Prices? The Impact of Technology Shocks on US Manufacturing," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 1297, Econometric Society.
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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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