Business cycle synchronization in the enlarged EU

Open Economies Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Darvas, Zsolt ^a   Szapáry, György ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b Magyar Nemzeti Bank   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Business cycle synchronization; Consumption correlation puzzle; EMU; New EU members; OCA endogeneity

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; POLAND; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049178625     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-007-9027-7     Document Type: Article

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