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Recurrence quantification analysis of business cycles

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  • Orlando, Giuseppe
  • Zimatore, Giovanna

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This paper investigates, by means of recurrence quantification analysis, the characteristics of trade cycles and economic development. Trade cycles are complex phenomena oscillating because of economic downturns and expansions. In this paper the features of the underlying dynamics are studied over an extensive dataset e.g. Levy and Chen, OECD, BEA, etc. It is shown that recurrence quantification analysis can be suitably applied to economics and, therefore, may help in anticipating transitions from laminar (i.e. regular) to turbulent (i.e. chaotic) phases such as USA GDP in 1949, 1953, etc. Moreover, recurrence quantification analysis detects differences between macroeconomic variables, and highlights hidden features of economic dynamics.

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  • Orlando, Giuseppe & Zimatore, Giovanna, 2018. "Recurrence quantification analysis of business cycles," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 82-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:chsofr:v:110:y:2018:i:c:p:82-94
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2018.02.032
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    Determinism; Numerical chaos; Economic dynamics; Business fluctuations; Cycles;
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    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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