Business cycle transmission from the US to Germany-A structural factor approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-551

  Eickmeier, Sandra ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic factor models; International business cycles; International transmission channels; Shock identification

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BUSINESS CYCLE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947123731     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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