Catalyst of business cycle synchronization in East Asia

• Main Authors: SNG, Hui-Ying., DOU, Liyu, RANA, Pradumna Bickram.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Business cycle co-movement; trade integration; inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade; exchange rate co-movement; East Asia; Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2718; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3717/viewcontent/sng_et_al_2016_catalyst_of_business_cycle_synchronization_in_east_asia__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The essential question this paper seeks to answer is whether the business cycle co-movement in East Asia are fostered by internal bilateral trade within the region, specifically, intra-industry trade or by external forces like the influence of the world’s largest economy, namely, the United States....