This paper uses a global input-output framework to quantify U.S. and European Union (EU) demand spillovers and the elasticity of world trade to GDP during the global recession of 2008–09. Cross-border intermediate goods linkages have implications for the transmission of shocks and the...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Piyabha Kongsamut, Sergio Rebelo and Danyang Xie (2001), 'Beyond Balanced Growth', Review of Economic Studies, 68 (4), October, 869-82 -- 2. Reto Foellmi and Josef Zweimüller (2008), 'Structural Change, Engle's Consumption Cycles and Kaldor's Facts...