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spurious volatility: a standalone construct

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Economic history

argument that historical macroeconomic series look more volatile than postwar ones partly because of how they were constructed, not real changes.

In economic history, spurious volatility refers to argument that historical macroeconomic series look more volatile than postwar ones partly because of how they were constructed, not real changes. This meaning comes from Romer (1986) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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References

Romer, C. (1986). Spurious Volatility in Historical Unemployment Data. Journal of Political Economy, 94(1), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1086/261361

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