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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 ?nd 1) a signi?cant decline in real exchange rate volatility, 2) signi?cant changes in cross-country correlations, and 3) the volatility of macroeconomic fundamentals largely un- changed. 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 ?nd 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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 6/2009
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Policy Coordination and Transmission
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
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European business cycles
Euro
Optimum Currency Area
EMU
Monetary Policy
Exchange rate regime
Cross-country spillovers
Konjunktur
Volatilität
Europäische Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion
Konjunkturzusammenhang
Schock
Spillover-Effekt
EU-Staaten
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Enders, Zeno
Jung, Philip
Müller, Gernot J.
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Enders, Zeno
- Jung, Philip
- Müller, Gernot J.
- University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
Time of origin
- 2009