Is Volatility Good for Growth? Evidence from the G7

34 Pages Posted: 3 Apr 2008

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Elena Andreou

University of Cyprus - Department of Economics

Alessandra Pelloni

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Economics and Finance, Students

Marianne Sensier

University of Manchester

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Date Written: February 1, 2008

Abstract

We provide empirical support for a DSGE model with nominal wage stickiness where growth is driven by learning-by-doing and money shocks and their variance are allowed to impact on long-run output growth. In our theoretical model the variance of monetary shocks has a negative effect on growth, while output volatility is good for growth as a positive relationship exists. Utilising a bivariate GARCH-M model we test the empirical conditional mean and variance relationships of nominal money and production growth rates in the G7 countries. We corroborate the theoretical model predictions with evidence from Bonferroni multiple tests across the G7

Keywords: growth uncertainty, learning-by-doing, monetary uncertainty, multivariate

JEL Classification: C32, E32, O42

Suggested Citation

Andreou, Elena and Pelloni, Alessandra and Sensier, Marianne, Is Volatility Good for Growth? Evidence from the G7 (February 1, 2008). CEIS Working Paper No. 114, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1114910 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1114910

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Alessandra Pelloni

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Marianne Sensier

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