Policy and Business Cycle Shocks: A Structural Factor Model Representation of the US Economy
We use a dynamic factor model to provide a semi-structural representation for 101 quarterly US macroeconomic series. We find that (i) the US economy is well described by a number of structural shocks between two and five. Focusing on the four-shock specification, we identify, using sign restrictions...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Risk and Financial Management |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/14/8/371 |