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Has the Euro changed the Business Cycle?
In this paper we analyze European business cycles before and under EMU. Across the two periods we find 1) a significant decline in real exchange rate volatility, 2) significant changes in cross-country correlations, and 3) the volatility of macroeconomic fundamentals largely unchanged. We develop a two-country business cycle model and show that the calibrated model is able to replicate key features of the data prior to and under EMU.We find that the euro has a strong bearing on the transmission mechanism as cross-country spillovers increase substantially under EMU. As a result, foreign shocks become more and domestic shocks less important in accounting for the (unchanged) volatility of macroeconomic fundamentals.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 162
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Policy Coordination and Transmission
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- Subject
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European business cycles
Euro
Optimum Currency Area
EMU
Monetary Policy
Exchange rate regime
Cross-country spillovers
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Enders, Zeno
Müller, Gernot J.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
- (where)
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Vienna
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Enders, Zeno
- Müller, Gernot J.
- Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Time of origin
- 2010
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