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An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Variation of GDP Gap by a Decomposition Method

GDP갭 분해기법을 이용한 변동요인 분석

  • Chang, Youngjae (Department of Information Statistics, Korea National Open University)
  • 장영재 (한국방송통신대학교 정보통계학과)
  • Received : 2014.01.17
  • Accepted : 2014.03.17
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

The GDP gap (also called the output gap) is the difference between potential GDP and actual GDP. Potential GDP is the maximum sustainable output that is achieved when the resources (labor and capital) are used to capacity. Central banks pursuing price and employment stability consider the output gap as an informative variable for monetary policy since the output gap could be regarded as a proxy of demand-supply imbalances. In this paper, the GDP gap of Korea is decomposed following the filtering method in the previous research, and major factors that affect the variation of GDP gap are investigated based on the decomposed series. The analysis results by the Super Smoother algorithm used in Fox et al. (2003)and Fox and Zurlinden (2006) are found consistent with theory. Much of the variation of nominal GDP gap is explained by Total Factor Productivity(TFP) gap, which is the change of productivity due to recent technological innovation and environmental change. It is also found that variation of terms of trade significantly affects the GDP gap of Korea due to its high dependency on international trade; however, the effect of the domestic price is not negligible like other countries.

GDP갭(gap)이란 잠재GDP와 실제GDP의 격차로서 산출갭(Output gap)이라고도 한다. 잠재GDP는 노동, 자본 등 생산요소를 완전히 활용하여 달성할 수 있는 최대GDP라고 정의할 수 있다. GDP갭은 수요-공급간 불균형을 의미한다고 할 수 있으며 이러한 특성 때문에 물가 및 고용안정을 추구하는 중앙은행들은 정책수행과정에서 GDP갭을 중요한 정보변수로 활용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라의 GDP갭을 그간 선행연구에서 사용하였던 필터링 방법에 의해 분해함으로써 GDP갭 변동을 야기하는 주요 요인이 무엇인지 살펴보았다. Fox 등 (2003)와 Fox와 Zurlinden (2006)에서 사용되었던 Super Smoother 알고리즘을 이용하여 우리나라의 명목GDP갭을 분해해 본 결과 이론적인 설명에 부합하는 것으로 나타났다. 명목GDP갭률 변동의 상당부분은 잔차인 총요소생산성으로 설명됨을 알 수 있었는데, 이는 최근들어 급격한 기술변화 및 환경변화 등 생산성 변화가 GDP변동에 큰 영향을 주고 있음을 의미한다. 다른 나라의 경우와 마찬가지로 국내물가의 영향력도 높은 것으로 나타났지만 대외 의존도가 높은 우리 경제의 특성상 교역조건의 변동 역시 상대적으로 명목GDP 움직임에 큰 영향을 주고 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

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