The Spillover Effect of Euro Area on Central and Southeastern European Economies: A Global VAR Approach

Jan Hajek and Roman Horvath

Open Economies Review, 2016, vol. 27, issue 2, No 8, 359-385

Abstract: Abstract We use the global vector autoregression model to examine macroeconomic spillovers within the European Union over the period 2000-2014. We investigate how shocks originating in the euro area affect output and prices in the rest of Europe. We examine four different policy relevant shock scenarios: (i) increase in the euro area interest rate; (ii) increase in the euro area industrial production; (iii) decrease in the euro area consumer prices and (iv) decrease in global oil prices. In general, we find that these shocks have an effect of same (and expected) sign but of different size across the European Union. Our results suggest that the response of Central European countries to the euro area shocks is almost as strong as the response of the euro area countries itself. On the other hand, our results indicate that South East Europe is somewhat less sensitive to the euro area shocks and oil price shocks.

Keywords: Global VAR; Monetary policy; International transmission of shocks; Euro area; Central and Southeastern Europe; Foreign shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E31 E32 F42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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