Common and Spatial Drivers in Regional Business Cycles

Michael Artis, Christian Dreger and Konstantin Kholodilin ()

No 859, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: We examine real business cycle convergence for 41 euro area regions and 48 US states. Results obtained by a panel model with spatial correlation indicate that the relevance of common business cycle factors is rather stable over the past two decades in the euro area and the US. Ongoing business cycle convergence often detected in a country data is not confirmed at the regional level. The degree of synchronization across the euro area is similar to that to be found for the US states. Thus, the lack of convergence does not seem to be an impediment to a common monetary policy.

Keywords: Business cycle convergence; spatial correlation; spatial panel model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 E32 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 p.
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Common and Spatial Drivers in Regional Business Cycles (2009)
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