It’s a small small welfare cost of fluctuations

Lucas [1987] has shown that in a representative agent framework, the potential welfare gain from stabilizing consumption around its mean is small. We provide an example and some insight for why Lucas’ measure is an upper bound of the welfare cost of fluctuations in walrasian economies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Portier, Franck, Puch González, Luis Antonio
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/56634
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56634
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:E32
C63
C68
Cost of Business Cycles
Dynamic General Equilibrium
Econometría (Economía)
5302 Econometría
Descripción
Sumario:Lucas [1987] has shown that in a representative agent framework, the potential welfare gain from stabilizing consumption around its mean is small. We provide an example and some insight for why Lucas’ measure is an upper bound of the welfare cost of fluctuations in walrasian economies.