Using a frequency-based filter, I document the existence of a euro-area financial cycle and
high-and low-amplitude national financial cycles. Applying concordance and similarity …

We investigate the role of financial integration in the spread of the 2008 global financial
crisis. Using a rich dataset covering 31 countries between 1978 and 2018, we find that …

The effect of international trade on business cycle co-movement has traditionally been
tested by focusing on bilateral trade relationships. This article studies whether trade also …

This paper examines the effects of regional versus global integration and trade versus
financial integration on regional business cycle synchronization in three regions containing …

The study empirically investigates the effect of financial integration (FI) on business cycle
synchronization (BCS) in the Indian context. Using concordance index, dynamic conditional …

This paper identifies the determinants of synchronization of business cycles in ECOWAS,
which is a key issue from the perspective of creating a single currency in 2020. Indeed …

Depth of cross-country international trade engagement is an important source of (the
strength of) stock-market connectedness, depicting how directional attributes of trade …

Credit policies have been increasingly used by many emerging economies to support
economic activity during downturns, more recently in response to the COVID-19 pandemic …

This paper estimates a fiscal deficit threshold that maximizes economic growth and is
favorable to business cycles synchronization given the compliance of countries. The …

This paper studies the reasons why business cycles are more synchronized between some
European economies than between others. It analyzes the cyclical co-movement of real …