Learning-by-doing and business cycles in emerging economies
Learning-by-doing and business cycles in emerging economies
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新兴经济体的边干边学和商业周期
DOI:
10.1007/s10290-020-00373-3
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Akihiko Ikeda
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作者:
Cheng Haitao;Kato Hayato;Obashi Ayako;Obashi Ayako;Obashi Ayako;松浦寿幸,小橋文子;Ayako Obashi;Ayako Obashi;Nobuyuki Takashima;Nobuyuki Takashima;Takashima Nobuyuki;Nobuyuki Takashima,Yasunori Ouchida;Nobuyuki Takashima;高島 伸幸;高島伸幸;Nobuyuki Takashima;高島伸幸;Akihiko Ikeda;Akihiko Ikeda;Akihiko Ikeda
This paper examines whether learning-by-doing plays an important role in emerging economies. A business cycle model with learning-by-doing is presented and estimated using the data of emerging and developed economies. Its performance is considered from the viewpoint of predictive performance and the business cycle moments focused on in recent studies, namely, high volatility of consumption relative to that of output, and highly countercyclical net exports. The model with learning-by-doing outperforms the trend productivity shocks proposed by Aguiar and Gopinath (J Polit Econ 115(1):69–102, 2007) in predictive performance and it can also replicate the key business cycle moments. This is made possible through enhancing the persistence of productivity shocks and affecting the household’s expectation of permanent income. Further, the model is consistent with the observed relationships between the business cycle moments and growth rates. These results suggest the essential role of learning-by-doing in emerging economies and imply a possible reason for the difference in business cycles in emerging and developed economies.