"This second edition is revised and updated and explains how to use many recent technical developments in time series econometrics. The main objective of this book is to help many applied economists, with a limited background in econometric estimation theory, to understand and apply widely used...

We apply Diebold-Yilmaz spillover index methodology to monthly industrial production indices to study business cycle interdependence among G-6 industrialized countries since 1958. The business cycle spillover index fluctuates substantially over time, increasing especially after the 1973-75,...