We contrast properties of real quantities with those of price levels and stocks of money for
ten countries over the last century. Although the magnitude of output fluctuations has varied …

This paper adopts a historical perspective to examine the characteristics of business cycle
fluctuations within and across a large set of countries. Following the classical work by Burns …

We examine Swedish business cycle data for 1861–1988 in the time domain as well as in
the frequency domain. There is evidence of a business cycle in the form of considerable …

This paper investigates the cyclical responsiveness of participation in the labour force. We
examine systems of equations, disaggregated by age and gender, for France, Japan …

Does the combination of inflation and high corporate taxes explain the increase in bank
leverage in the 20th century? Inflation automatically increases bank debt, while high …

This is a non comprehensive list of references on economic fluctuations, with a special focus
on real business cycle models and similar models. This bibliography is regularly updated …

Överskottsmålet, målet att den offentliga sektorns finansiella sparande ska vara en procent
av BNP över en konjunkturcykel, utvärderas i nuläget med hjälp av ett antal indikatorer …

The conventional wisdom that American business cycles have been far milder since World
War II was largely based on the work of Simon Kuznets. 1 Christine Romer, however, has …

We contrast properties of real quantities with those of price levels and stocks of money for
ten countries over the last century. Although the magnitude of output fluctuations has varied …

For any country, the leverage of its commercial banking system is a point of concern.
Because banks are central to the financial system and to the whole economy, an …