Business cycles and production networks

Arbeitspapier

Where do business cycles originate? The traditional view is that a business cycle is the result of shocks correlated across sectors. This view is complemented by a recently emerging literature showing that idiosyncratic shocks to large or highly interconnected sectors contribute to aggregate variation. This paper addresses the relative empirical importance of these two channels of business cycle variation. Results indicate that up to one-third of the business cycle is driven by idiosyncratic productivity variation together with network amplifications.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2019:6

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Production Networks ; Micro to Macro ; Aggregate Volatility ; Sectoral Distortions

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Olsson, Maria
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Uppsala University, Department of Economics
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/224110
• URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388335
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET