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Journal of Economic Integration 2006 September;21(3) :458-473.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2006.21.3.458
Output Correlation and EMU: Evidence from European Countries

Kazuyuki Inagaki 

Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University
Copyright ©2006 Journal of Economic Integration
ABSTRACT

This paper examines the endogenous nature of business cycle synchronization. Using the residual cross-correlation approach, we explore output correlation between European EMU member countries. Our findings can be summarized as follows: (i) contemporaneous correlation estimates become more significant during the EMU period; (ii) business cycles are dependent but not highly synchronized during the pre-EMU period; (iii) after the transition to EMU, business cycles are dependent and more highly synchronized. These empirical results suggest that costs arising from asymmetric business cycles have a tendency to decrease. On these grounds, we conclude that the endogeneity of OCA hypothesis holds in the case of the euro area.

JEL Classifications: E32, F15

Keywords: EMU | Endogeneity of OCA | Output correlation
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