2002
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71402002000200004
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Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil

Abstract: Summary: 1. Introduction; 2. Data set; 3. Cycles; 4. The standard growth model; 5. The indivisible labor model; 6. Findings from simulation; 7. Conclusions. Key words: real business cycles; aggregate fluctuations; technology shocks. JEL codes: E32 and O41. This paper documents the empirical relationship in postwar Brazil between the GNP and other key variables such as consumption, investment, productivity and hours worked. Since many of those series were not available to Brazil we also had to build a data-set,… Show more

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“…16 For a detailed justification of the choices for the specific utility and production functions used in the model, refer to Ellery-Jr. et al (2002).…”
Section: Calibrationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…16 For a detailed justification of the choices for the specific utility and production functions used in the model, refer to Ellery-Jr. et al (2002).…”
Section: Calibrationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 According to this modified rule, the mean capital output ratio turns out to be 1.8, reaching its maximum value of 2.17 7 The series of consumption of durable goods for the Brazilian economy were obtained from Ellery-Jr. et al (2002).…”
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“…Ao comparar a economia real brasileira, no modelo RBC de Hansen, com o trabalho indivisível e com o modelo de crescimento padrão, no período de 1976a 1998, Ellery Jr., Gomes e Sachsida (2002 obtiveram maior aderência à economia real, a partir do modelo RBC. Tal resultado também foi obtido neste artigo, principalmente com relação ao modelo RBC parametrizado e, em termos de volatilidade relativa, com relação ao produto.…”
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“…Bragagnolo & Barros (2013) utilizaram o valor de 1,2 para a constante normalizadora (A), estimando um modelo RBC para a economia agrícola brasileira com trabalho indivisível. Ellery Jr et al (2002), por sua vez, utilizaram um valor de 2,29 para a economia brasileira, enquanto que Kanczuk & Faria Jr (2016) utilizaram um valor de 1,7 para a mesma variável no setor industrial. Optou-se pela utilização de um valor de 2 para o parâmetro A, que é mais compatível com o caso proposto de trabalho divisível 18 .…”
Section: Calibração Do Modelounclassified