Ahmed, Jameel and Chaudhry, Sajid M and Straetmans, Stefan (2015) Business and financial cycles in the Eurozone: synchronization or decoupling. Discussion Paper. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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Abstract
This paper proposes a novel approach, based on probit framework, towards measuring business cycle synchronization for 9 eurozone economies. We find strong cross-country synchronization in both business cycles and financial cycles. Moreover, financial synchronization dominates business cycle synchronization in the eurozone, especially after the introduction of the single currency. For some peripheral country pairs, we even find some evidence of "de-coupling" business cycles relative to the core countries but the majority of marginal business cycle effects do not change much over time. The former observation supports the often heard plea for more Europe-wide macro-prudential regulation whereas the latter observation gives ammunition to those economists that always stressed that the euro zone architecture is unfinished business and that the conditions for an optimum currency area are not fulfilled.
JEL Classification: C25, E32, F44
| Type of Work: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| School/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences |
| Number of Pages: | 31 |
| Department: | Birmingham Business School |
| Date: | 22 December 2015 |
| Series/Collection Name: | Birmingham Business School Discussion Paper Series |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
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| Copyright Holders: | The Authors and the University of Birmingham |
| ID Code: | 2094 |
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