Does Seasonality Change over the Business Cycle? An Investigation using Monthly Industrial Production Series

Denise Osborn and A Matas-Mir
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Antonio Matas Mir

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussion Paper Series from Economics, The University of Manchester

Abstract: This paper examines the proposition that the business cycle affects seasonality in industrial production, with output being switched to the traditionally low production summer months when recent (annual) growth has been strong. This is investigated through the use of a restricted threshold autoregressive model for the monthly growth rate in a total of 74 industries in 16 OECD countries. Approximately one third of the series exhibit significant nonlinearity, with this nonlinearity predominantly associated with changes in the seasonal pattern. Estimates show that the summer slowdown in many European countries is substantially reduced when recent growth has been high.

Keywords: business cycles; seasonality; TAR models; industrial production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2001
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