We study the synchronization of credit booms and busts among 12 major European economies and the United States between … credit cycle synchronization. …

We analyze the role of fiscal policy and intra-European trade in business cycle synchronization in the EU for the … between trade integration and cyclical synchronization are subject to endogeneity problems. We instrument fiscal budget … trade integration are important determinants of cyclical synchronization. We can conclude that once a high degree of trade …

We introduce tools to capture the dynamics of three different pathways, in which the synchronization of human decision …

Business cycle synchronization represents a condition for the successful implementation of the common monetary policy … within the Economic and Monetary Union. There is a tight relation between business cycle synchronization and the economic … factors which influence the synchronization of the economic fluctuations of the economies in the Euro area. A second objective …

We study the extent of global inflation synchronization using a dynamic factor model in a large set of countries over a … emerging market and developing economies) and to analyze commonalities in inflation synchronization across a wide range of … 2001. Second, inflation synchronization has also become more broad-based: while it was previously much more pronounced …

, Poland and Slovakia makes it possible to assess the degree of business cycle synchronization between the countries. …