(Since when) are East and West German business cycles synchronised?

Stefan Gießler, Katja Heinisch, Oliver Holtemöller

This paper analyses whether and since when East and West German business cycles are synchronised. We investigate real GDP, unemployment rates and survey data as business cycle indicators and employ several empirical methods. Overall, we find that the regional business cycles have synchronised over time. GDP-based indicators and survey data show a higher degree of synchronisation than the indicators based on unemployment rates. However, recently synchronisation among East and West German business cycles seems to become weaker, in line with international evidence.

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Year of publication:	[2019]
Authors:	Gießler, Stefan ; Heinisch, Katja ; Holtemöller, Oliver
Publisher:	Halle (Saale), Germany : Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association
Subject:	business cycles \| synchronisation \| East Germany \| Ostdeutschland \| Konjunkturzusammenhang \| Business cycle synchronization \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Konjunktur \| Business cycle \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Westdeutsche Bundesländer \| West Germany

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (III, 27 Seiten, 0,88 MB) Diagramme
Series:	IWH-Diskussionspapiere. - Halle, S. : IWH, ISSN 2194-2188, ZDB-ID 2836591-4. - Vol. 2019, no. 7 (March 2019)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/193670 [Handle]
Classification:	C32 - Time-Series Models ; E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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