The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Nonclearing Markets

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The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Nonclearing Markets

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Franck Portier
Luis A. Puch

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In this paper we measure the welfare cost of fluctuations in a simple representative agent economy with nonclearing markets. The market friction we consider involves price rigidities and a voluntary exchange rationing scheme. These features are incorporated into an otherwise standard neoclassical growth model. We show that the frictions we introduce make the losses from fluctuations four times bigger than in a frictionless environment.

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- Franck Portier & Luis Puch, 2007. "The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Nonclearing Markets," Topics in Macroeconomics, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 6(3), pages 1151-1151. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Frank Portier & Luis A. Puch, 2004. "The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Nonclearing Markets," Documentos del Instituto Complutense de AnÃ¡lisis EconÃ³mico 0403, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. [Downloadable!]
- Luis A. Puch & Franck Portier, 2004. "The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Nonclearing Markets," 2004 Meeting Papers 570, Society for Economic Dynamics. [Downloadable!]
- Portier, Franck & Puch, Luis, 2004. "The Welfare Cost of Business Cycles in an Economy with Non-Clearing Markets," CEPR Discussion Papers 4799, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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