PofoliaShared via Pofolia

American Economic Review· 2013Q1

Risk Shocks

Lawrence J. Christiano, Roberto Motto, Massimo Rostagno

Short summary

Fluctuations in 'risk' (volatility of cross-sectional idiosyncratic uncertainty) are the most important shock driving the US business cycle, according to a monetary dynamic general equilibrium model augmented with a financial accelerator.

AI-generated from the title and abstract; the full text is not read.

TakeawaysIn the app
Key pointsIn the app
Ask the paperIn the app

The rest is in the Pofolia app

Takeaways, key points and questions to the paper; new summaries every day for your field. Free.

Sign in on the web to open

Field: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance