Entry and Exit, Product Variety, and the Business Cycle

C-Tier
Journal: Economic Inquiry
Year: 2014
Volume: 52
Issue: 4
Pages: 1466-1484

Score contribution per author:

0.505 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

type="main" xml:id="ecin12091-abs-0001"> <p xml:id="ecin12091-para-0001">We study the stochastic behavior of a dynamic general equilibrium model with monopolistic competition. Each seller sells his product in the consumption goods as well as the investment goods market and has market power in both. Consumers derive utility from a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) aggregate of all the consumption goods and augment their capital stock by a CES aggregate of all the investment goods. We analyze the equilibrium of this economy allowing for an endogenous determination of the number of firms and therefore of products. The principal effect we wish to highlight is the endogenous propagation and magnification of technology and preference disturbances through product space variations. <fi>(</fi>JEL <fi>E32, D43, L16)</fi>

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:ecinqu:v:52:y:2014:i:4:p:1466-1484
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25