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and negative commodity terms-of-trade shocks. Using a sample of 27 oil-exporting countries and a panel VAR method, the …
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Using a structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) model, this paper examines the size, geographical sources, and transmission channels of global and regional shocks to the Armenian economy. Results show that Armenian economic activity is strongly influenced by global demand shocks and changes in...
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After many years of rapid expansion, China's growth is slowing to more sustainable levels and is rebalancing, with consumption becoming the main growth driver. This transition is likely to have negative effects on its trading partners in the near term. This paper studies the potential spillovers...
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with a combination of sign and recursive restrictions within Bayesian VAR models. As a benchmark we provide results for …
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This paper uses a vector autoregression (VAR) approach to identify the driving forces of the growth slowdown in Japan … surprising conclusion is that trends in public consumption had a dampening impact on activity in the 1990s. The VAR estimations …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of credit cyclicality. It constructs a financial development index and studies whether it affects the amplitude of impulse responses to shocks to output, terms of trade, global liquidity, and global risk appetite. The paper uses both country-specific VARs for...
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This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of business cycles and the extent of cyclical comovement in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, using various measures of synchronization for non-hydrocarbon GDP and constituents of aggregate demand during the period 1990-2010. By...
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This paper uses a vector autoregression (VAR) approach to identify the causes of the 1990-92 recession in the UK. The … VAR approach is shown to be particularly pertinent for quantifying the relative magnitude of the different demand shocks … precipitated primarily by shocks to consumption, and that monetary factors explain just part of this contraction. The VAR model …
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After skyrocketing over the past decade, commodity prices have remained stable or eased somewhat since mid-2011—and most projections suggest they are not likely to resume the upward trend observed in the last decade. This paper analyzes what this turn in the commodity price cycle may imply for...
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