Intertemporal Disturbances

40 Pages Posted: 25 May 2006 Last revised: 16 Dec 2022

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Giorgio E. Primiceri

Northwestern University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Ernst Schaumburg

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Andrea Tambalotti

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Date Written: May 2006

Abstract

Disturbances affecting agents intertemporal substitution are the key driving force of macroeconomic fluctuations. We reach this conclusion exploiting the bond pricing implications of an estimated general equilibrium model of the U.S. business cycle with a rich set of real and nominal frictions.

Suggested Citation

Primiceri, Giorgio E. and Schaumburg, Ernst and Tambalotti, Andrea, Intertemporal Disturbances (May 2006). NBER Working Paper No. w12243, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=902595

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