Business Cycle Synchronization Between the Bulgarian Economy and the European Union

Atanas Damyanov and Galin Stefanov
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Atanas Damyanov: "D.Tsenov" Academy of Economics
Galin Stefanov: "D.Tsenov" Academy of Economics

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2010, vol. 8, issue 2, 171-185

Abstract: This paper analyzes the level of economic convergence within the EU and in particular within the EMU. The main purpose is to assess the level of business cycle synchronization between Bulgaria and the Eurozone. The research is conducted with data for the period 1995-2009 divided into two subsamples: 1995-2001 and 2002-2009. Business cycles are identified through detrending of GDP time series with Baxter-King and Hodrick-Prescott filters. The empirical results of this paper reveal that in the period 1995-2002 Bulgaria did not form an Optimum Currency Area with any of the EMU members and possibly suffered severe negative effects from the introduction ofthe Currency Board in 1997. The findings forthe second sub-period 2002-2009 suggest that the introduction of the Euro in Bulgaria will be highly beneficial because of the high level of synchronization of its business cycle fluctuations with the Eurozone.

Keywords: Business cycle synchronization; EU integration; Currency unions; Optimum currency area; Economic development; Economic convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E42 E50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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