Arbeitspapier

The great demand depression

This paper entertains the notion that disturbances on the demand side play a central role in our understanding of the Great Depression. In fact, from Euler equation residuals we are able to identify a series of unusually large negative demand shocks that appeared to have hit the U. S. economy during the 1930s. This echoes the view originally promoted by Temin (1976). We apply these measured demand shocks to a dynamic general equilibrium model and find that size and sequence of shocks can generate a pattern of the model economy that is not unlike data. The model is able to account for the lion's share of the decline in economic activity and is able to exaggerate realistic persistence.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SFB 373 Discussion Paper ; No. 2001,53

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Thema
Great Depression
Dynamic General Equilibrium
Demand Shocks

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Weder, Mark
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2001

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-10050068
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Weder, Mark
  • Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes

Entstanden

  • 2001

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