Sources of Business Cycle Volatility in the Indian Economy


Published On: 2023-06-23 09:06:14

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Author: Zeeshan Nezami Ansari, Rajendra Narayan Paramanik and Kundan Kumar

Author Address: Research Scholar and Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihta-801106 (Bihar)

Keywords: Business cycle volatility, fiscal policy, monetary policy.

JEL Codes: E32, E50, E62.


Abstract

This study investigated the sources of economic fluctuation in the Indian economy. To assess this objective, time-based and frequency-based filters were applied to extract the business cycle from the Gross Domestic Product. Further, a causal link between the business cycle and its different sources was explored using Markov's regime-switching regression. The results indicated that total factor productivity, oil supply, and monetary policy increased business cycle volatility. Furthermore, although the fiscal policy remained unaffected, trade increased economic fluctuations during the pro-market regime. The findings suggested that the views of the real business cycle and monetarist schools of thought hold true for economic fluctuation in India, as opposed to the Keynesian view.

 



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Indian Journal of Economics and Development  

Volume 19 No. 2, 2023, 394-401

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-22494

NAAS Score: 5.15 (2023)

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