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Real Business Cycle Model

The Real Business Cycle (RBC) model, developed by Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott in 1982, is a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium framework that explains macroeconomic fluctuations as rational responses to exogenous technological shocks. Unlike Keynesian models that emphasize demand-side factors and nominal rigidities, the RBC model shows how productivity variations alone can generate business cycles that mimic observed employment, output, and investment dynamics.

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Real Business Cycle Model (RBC)
Taxonomic method record · regression-model / economics
  • Kydland, F. E., & Prescott, E. C. (1982). Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations. Econometrica, 50(6), 1345–1370. · DOI 10.2307/1913386
  • Prescott, E. C. (1986). Theory Ahead of Business Cycle Measurement. Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 25, 11–44. · DOI 10.1016/0167-2231(86)90035-7
  • Long, J. B., & Plosser, C. I. (1983). Real Business Cycles. Journal of Political Economy, 91(1), 39–69. · DOI 10.1086/261128
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