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Plant-level nonconvex output adjustment and aggregate fluctuations

Plant-level nonconvex output adjustment and aggregate fluctuations
Plant-level nonconvex output adjustment and aggregate fluctuations
In most manufacturing industries plant-level output is adjusted along three margins of capacity utilization: shiftwork, weekend work, and closing temporarily down. Due to the discrete and lumpy nature of these margins, only a fraction of plants adjust output in response to shocks. In a business cycle model calibrated to establishment-level observations, these nonconvexities make aggregate output less volatile than when plants can adjust smoothly. Further, the mass of adjusting plants is larger in downturns than in upturns, leading to counter-cyclical volatility of aggregate output and government policy being slightly more effective in recessions than in expansions.
0304-3932
400-414
Šustek, Roman
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Šustek, Roman
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Šustek, Roman (2011) Plant-level nonconvex output adjustment and aggregate fluctuations. Journal of Monetary Economics, 58 (4), 400-414. (doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2011.08.001).

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In most manufacturing industries plant-level output is adjusted along three margins of capacity utilization: shiftwork, weekend work, and closing temporarily down. Due to the discrete and lumpy nature of these margins, only a fraction of plants adjust output in response to shocks. In a business cycle model calibrated to establishment-level observations, these nonconvexities make aggregate output less volatile than when plants can adjust smoothly. Further, the mass of adjusting plants is larger in downturns than in upturns, leading to counter-cyclical volatility of aggregate output and government policy being slightly more effective in recessions than in expansions.

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Published date: May 2011
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 203665
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/203665
ISSN: 0304-3932
PURE UUID: 7b69f484-a67b-48d2-814e-3057c6d86ff1

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Date deposited: 17 Nov 2011 16:28
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 04:28

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Author: Roman Šustek

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