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The post-crisis slump in Europe: a business cycle accounting analysis

The post-crisis slump in Europe: a business cycle accounting analysis AbstractThis paper analyzes the post-crisis slump in 30 European economies during the 2008Q1–2014Q4 period using the business cycle accounting (BCA) method à la [Chari, V. V., P. Kehoe, and E. McGrattan. 2007. “Business Cycle Accounting.” Econometrica 75 (3): 781–836]. We find that the deterioration in the efficiency wedge is the most important driver of the European Great Recession and that this adverse shock persists throughout our sample. Moreover, we find that countries with higher growth in nonperforming loans feature a smaller decline in efficiency wedges. These findings support the emerging literature on resource misallocation triggered by financial crises. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics de Gruyter

The post-crisis slump in Europe: a business cycle accounting analysis

Gerth, Florian; Otsu, Keisuke
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics , Volume 18 (1): 1 – Jan 26, 2018
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de Gruyter
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1935-1690
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10.1515/bejm-2016-0189
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Abstract

AbstractThis paper analyzes the post-crisis slump in 30 European economies during the 2008Q1–2014Q4 period using the business cycle accounting (BCA) method à la [Chari, V. V., P. Kehoe, and E. McGrattan. 2007. “Business Cycle Accounting.” Econometrica 75 (3): 781–836]. We find that the deterioration in the efficiency wedge is the most important driver of the European Great Recession and that this adverse shock persists throughout our sample. Moreover, we find that countries with higher growth in nonperforming loans feature a smaller decline in efficiency wedges. These findings support the emerging literature on resource misallocation triggered by financial crises.

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The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics – de Gruyter

Published: Jan 26, 2018

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