Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/206834 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Monetary Economics [ISSN:] 0304-3932 [Volume:] 50 [Issue:] 7 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2003 [Pages:] 1499-1530
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
We estimate output growth rate spectra for 58 countries. The spectra exhibit diverse shapes. To study the sources of this diversity, we estimate the short-run, business cycle, and long-run frequency components of the sampled series. For most OECD countries the bulk of the spectral mass is in the business cycle frequency band, and the magnitude of this cyclical component increases with income. For the developing countries, however, the spectral mass is not concentrated in the business cycle frequency band, and the income-cycle relationship is not as strong. We also estimate two frequency domain measures of shock persistence and find both measures to vary considerably across countries, with the U.S. having the lowest estimates. For the OECD countries most of the variation in the variance ratio statistic appears to be explained by the variation in the long-term growth component.
Subjects: 
Business Cycles
Developing Countries
OECD Countries
Output Growth
Shock Persistence
and Spectral Analysis
JEL: 
C32
E30
E32
O40
O57
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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