Title of article
Scaling the volatility of GDP growth rates
Author/Authors
Robert D. Canning، نويسنده , , L. A. N. Amaral، نويسنده , , Y. Lee، نويسنده , , M. Meyer، نويسنده , , H. E. Stanley ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
Pages
7
From page
335
To page
341
Abstract
The distribution of shocks to GDP growth rates is found to be exponential rather than normal. Their standard deviation scales with GDPβ where β=−0.15±0.03. These macroeconomic results place restrictions on the microeconomic structure of interactions between agents
Keywords
Real business cycles , Country size , Scale effects , Volatility , Network models
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
1998
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
434629
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