Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil

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, which includes consumption of non-durable...

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Main Authors: Roberto Ellery Jr., Victor Gomes, Adolfo Sachsida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2002-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402002000200004
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spelling doaj-d6a3bfa03361498e82043b52ef1488382020-11-24T23:21:50ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista Brasileira de Economia0034-71401806-91342002-01-0156226930810.1590/S0034-71402002000200004Business cycle fluctuations in BrazilRoberto Ellery Jr.Victor GomesAdolfo SachsidaThis 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, which includes consumption of non-durables, capital and hours worked. We use two filters to extract the cycles (the usual Hodrick-Prescott filter and a band-pass filter); this procedure was taken to avoid conclusions that depend too much on the filter in use. The paper also provides simulations of two dynamic general equilibrium models (the standard RBC model and the indivisible labor model) and tries to match the facts of the artificial economy with those of the actual economy. We show that the basic models fail to replicate some of the observed facts.<br>Este artigo documenta as relações entre o PNB e outras variáveis macroeconômicas, tais como: consumo, investimento, produtividade e horas trabalhadas, observadas no Brasil. Desde que muitas destas séries não estavam disponíveis construímos uma base de dados que inclui consumo de não-duráveis, capital e horas trabalhadas. Para extrair o ciclo utilizamos dois filtros (o filtro Hodrick-Prescott e um filtro do tipo band-pass); este procediment foi tomado para evitar conclusões que dependessem do filtro utilizado. O artigo também apresenta simulações de dois modelos de equilíbrio geral dinâmico (o modelo básico de ciclos reais e o modelo com trabalho indiviível) e compara os fatos gerado pelos modelos com os observados para a economia brasileira. Este exercício mostra que os modelos utilizados não são capazes de reproduzir alguns dos fatos observados.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402002000200004real business cyclesaggregate fluctuationstechnology shocks
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author Roberto Ellery Jr.
Victor Gomes
Adolfo Sachsida
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Victor Gomes
Adolfo Sachsida
Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Economia
real business cycles
aggregate fluctuations
technology shocks
author_facet Roberto Ellery Jr.
Victor Gomes
Adolfo Sachsida
author_sort Roberto Ellery Jr.
title Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
title_short Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
title_full Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
title_fullStr Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Business cycle fluctuations in Brazil
title_sort business cycle fluctuations in brazil
publisher Fundação Getúlio Vargas
series Revista Brasileira de Economia
issn 0034-7140
1806-9134
publishDate 2002-01-01
description 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, which includes consumption of non-durables, capital and hours worked. We use two filters to extract the cycles (the usual Hodrick-Prescott filter and a band-pass filter); this procedure was taken to avoid conclusions that depend too much on the filter in use. The paper also provides simulations of two dynamic general equilibrium models (the standard RBC model and the indivisible labor model) and tries to match the facts of the artificial economy with those of the actual economy. We show that the basic models fail to replicate some of the observed facts.<br>Este artigo documenta as relações entre o PNB e outras variáveis macroeconômicas, tais como: consumo, investimento, produtividade e horas trabalhadas, observadas no Brasil. Desde que muitas destas séries não estavam disponíveis construímos uma base de dados que inclui consumo de não-duráveis, capital e horas trabalhadas. Para extrair o ciclo utilizamos dois filtros (o filtro Hodrick-Prescott e um filtro do tipo band-pass); este procediment foi tomado para evitar conclusões que dependessem do filtro utilizado. O artigo também apresenta simulações de dois modelos de equilíbrio geral dinâmico (o modelo básico de ciclos reais e o modelo com trabalho indiviível) e compara os fatos gerado pelos modelos com os observados para a economia brasileira. Este exercício mostra que os modelos utilizados não são capazes de reproduzir alguns dos fatos observados.
topic real business cycles
aggregate fluctuations
technology shocks
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