Description

Our answer: Not so well. We reached that conclusion after reviewing recent research on the role of technology as a source of economic fluctuations. The bulk of the evidence suggests a limited role for aggregate technology shocks, pointing instead to demand factors as the main force behind the strong positive comovement between output and labor input measures.

Taxonomy

Business cycles , Economic development

More publications in this series: Working Papers

More publications by: Pau Rabanal ; Jordi Galí