ASYMMETRIES IN BUSINESS CYCLES AND THE ROLE OF OIL PRICES

We estimate asymmetries in innovations to Solow residuals for 11 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries using stochastic frontier analysis. Likelihood ratio statistics and variance ratios imply that all countries with net energy imports have significant negative asym...

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Main Authors: Daniel, B.C (Author), Hafner, C.M (Author), Manner, H. (Author), Simar, L. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
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