Helbling, Thomas; Huidrom, Raju; Kose, M. Ayhan; Otrok, … - In: European Economic Review 55 (2011) 3, pp. 340-353
This paper examines the importance of credit market shocks in driving global business cycles over the period 1988:1-2009:4. We first estimate common components in various macroeconomic and financial variables of the G-7 countries. We then evaluate the role played by credit market shocks using a...