What are the driving forces of international business cycles?

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-175

  Crucini, Mario J ^a,b   Kose, M Ayhan ^c   Otrok, Christopher ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Factor model; International business cycles; Oil prices; Productivity shocks; Stochastic dynamic general equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650621668     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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