External Shocks and Business Cycle Fluctuations in Mexico : How Important are U.S. Factors? /

This paper examines the relative importance of external shocks as sources of business cycle fluctuations in Mexico, and identifies the dynamic responses of domestic output to foreign disturbances. Using a VAR model with block exogeneity restrictions, it finds that U.S. shocks explain a large share o...

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Главный автор: Sosa, Sebastian
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/100
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Итог:This paper examines the relative importance of external shocks as sources of business cycle fluctuations in Mexico, and identifies the dynamic responses of domestic output to foreign disturbances. Using a VAR model with block exogeneity restrictions, it finds that U.S. shocks explain a large share of Mexico's macroeconomic fluctuations after NAFTA. This partly reflects greater trade integration-but also Mexico's "Great Moderation," as the country escaped its former pattern of macro-financial crises. In this period, Mexico's output fluctuations have been closely synchronized with the U.S. cycle, with a large and rapid impact of U.S. shocks on Mexican growth.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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