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The Review of Economics and Statistics (2021) 103 (2): 216–235.
Published: 10 May 2021
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View articletitled, Revisions in Utilization-Adjusted TFP and Robust Identification of News Shocks
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for article titled, Revisions in Utilization-Adjusted TFP and Robust Identification of News Shocks
This paper documents large revisions in a widely used series of utilization-adjusted total factor productivity (TFP) by Fernald (2014) and shows that these revisions can materially affect empirical results about the effects of news shocks. We trace these revisions to changes in estimated factor utilization that are evocative of cyclical measurement issues with productivity. We propose an alternative identification that is robust to these measurement issues. Applied to U.S. data, the shock predicts delayed productivity growth while simultaneously generating strong responses of novel indicators of technological innovation and forward-looking variables. The shock does not lead to comovement in macroeconomic aggregates.
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