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Review of Economic Studies Vol. 60 No. 4 1993

Sectoral Shocks, Learning, and Aggregate Fluctuations

A. Caplin1,2; John Leahy1

1 Harvard University Press · 2 Columbia University

Abstract

We present a model in which sectoral shocks have aggregate consequences. The model relies on irreversible investment and imperfect information to slow the adjustment of expanding industries. We show that this gradual expansion is sub-optimal.

DOI
10.2307/2298099
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
777-794
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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