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Can World Real Interest Rates Explain Business Cycles in a Small Open Economy?

Blankenau, William F. - 2006

output, investment, and net exports. We reexamine the importance of world real interest rate shocks using an approach that …'s observable endogenous variables. Then we use variance decompositions to examine the importance of each shock. We apply this …

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Remittances over the business cycle : theory and evidence

De, Supriyo; Islamaj, Ergys; Kose, M. Ayhan; Yousefi, … - 2016

This paper examines the behavior of remittances over the business cycle and their potential to act as a stabilizer during periods of high business cycle volatility. Four main findings are reported. First, in theory, the cyclical behavior of remittances depends on the motives to remit. Second,...

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Remittances over the business cycle : theory and evidence

De, Supriyo; Islamaj, Ergys; Kose, M. Ayhan; Yousefi, … - 2016

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Remittances Over the Business Cycle : Theory and Evidence

De, Supriyo - 2016

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External shocks and economic dynamics : the case of African countries

Kose, M. Ayhan; Riezman, Raymond - 1998

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External Shocks and Economic Dynamics : The Case of African Countries

Kose, M. Ayhan; Riezman, Raymond G. - 1998

and almost 78 percent of investment fluctuations are explained by the external shocks. We also find that the propagation … productivity shocks. While positive domestic productivity shocks induce short-lived economic expansions, adverse external shocks …

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