The Granular Origins of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Europe /

This paper investigates the microeconomic origins of aggregate economic fluctuations in Europe. It examines the relevance of idiosyncratic shocks at the top 100 large firms (the granular shocks) in explaining aggregate macroeconomic fluctuations. The paper also assesses the strength of spillovers fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ebeke, Christian
Other Authors: Eklou, Kodjovi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/229
Online Access:Full text available on IMF