Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations

work by Kydland and Prescott

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Kydland
- In Finn E. Kydland
  In “Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations” (1982), the pair demonstrated that technology changes or supply shocks, such as oil price hikes, could be reflected in investment and relative price movements and thereby create short-term fluctuations around the long-term economic growth path.
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Prescott
- In Edward C. Prescott
  In “Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations” (1982), the two economists established the microeconomic foundation for business cycle analyses, demonstrating that technology changes or supply shocks, such as oil price hikes, could be reflected in investment and relative price movements and thereby create short-term fluctuations around…
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