Scaling the volatility of GDP growth rates
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The distribution of shocks to GDP growth rates is found to be exponential rather than normal. Their standard deviation b scales with GDP where b 5 2 0.1560.03. These macroeconomic results place restrictions on the microeconomic structure of interactions between agents. 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.
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