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Understanding Real Business Cycles

Understanding Real Business Cycles Abstract This brief essay is intended to provide readers with an introduction to the real business cycle approach to business fluctuations. It discusses the basic real business cycle framework; economic growth and business cycles; real business cycles and the 1954–1985 U.S. economy; government policies and suboptimal equilibrium; and the real business cycle research agenda. An appendix presents a more technical summary of the basic neoclassical model presented in the paper. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Economic Perspectives American Economic Association

Understanding Real Business Cycles

Journal of Economic Perspectives , Volume 3 (3) – Aug 1, 1989

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Publisher
American Economic Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the American Economic Association
Subject
Symposia
ISSN
0895-3309
DOI
10.1257/jep.3.3.51
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Abstract

Abstract This brief essay is intended to provide readers with an introduction to the real business cycle approach to business fluctuations. It discusses the basic real business cycle framework; economic growth and business cycles; real business cycles and the 1954–1985 U.S. economy; government policies and suboptimal equilibrium; and the real business cycle research agenda. An appendix presents a more technical summary of the basic neoclassical model presented in the paper.

Journal

Journal of Economic PerspectivesAmerican Economic Association

Published: Aug 1, 1989

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