On the Link Between Volatility and Growth

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Olaf Posch

Universität Hamburg, Department of Economics; CREATES

Klaus Wälde

University of Mainz; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); UCL at Louvain la Neuve

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Date Written: August 1, 2011

Abstract

A model of growth with endogenous innovation and distortionary taxes is presented. Since innovation is the only source of volatility, any variable that influences innovation directly affects volatility and growth. This joint endogeneity is illustrated by working out the effects through which economies with different tax levels differ in their volatility and growth process. We obtain analytical measures of macro volatility based on cyclical output and on output growth rates for plausible parametric restrictions. This analysis implies that controls for taxes should be included in the standard growth-volatility regressions. Our estimates show that the conventional Ramey-Ramey coefficient is affected sizeably. In addition, tax levels do indeed appear to affect volatility in our empirical application.

Keywords: Tax effects, Volatility measures, Poisson uncertainty, Endogenous cycles and growth, Continuous-time DSGE models

JEL Classification: E32, E62, H3, C65

Suggested Citation

Posch, Olaf and Wälde, Klaus, On the Link Between Volatility and Growth (August 1, 2011). Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1456881 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1456881

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