Understanding the Evolution of World Business Cycles /

This paper studies the changes in world business cycles during 1960-2003. We employ a Bayesian dynamic latent factor model to estimate common and country-specific components in the main macroeconomic aggregates of the Group of Seven (G-7) countries. We then quantify the relative importance of these...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kose, Ayhan
Other Authors: Otrok, Christopher, Whiteman, Charles
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/211
Online Access:Full text available on IMF