International evidence on business cycle magnitude dependence

Details International evidence on business cycle magnitude dependence International evidence on business cycle magnitude dependence

2004-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401495v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

14 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

Are expansions and recessions more likely to end as their magnitude increases? In this paper we apply parametric hazard models to investigate this issue in a sample of 16 countries from 1881 to 2000. For the total sample we find evidence of positive magnitude dependence for recessions, while for expansions we are not able to reject the null of magnitude independence. This last result is likely due to a structural change in the mechanism guiding expansions before and after the second World War. In particular, upturns show negative magnitude dependence in the post-World War II sub-sample, meaning that in this period expansions become less likely to end as their magnitude increases.

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