Can the Standard International Business Cycle Model Explain the Relation Between Trade and Comovement? /

Recent empirical research finds that pairs of countries with stronger trade linkages tend to have more highly correlated business cycles. We assess whether the standard international business cycle framework can replicate this intuitive result. We employ a three-country model with transportation cos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yi, Kei-Mu
Other Authors: Kose, Ayhan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/204
Online Access:Full text available on IMF