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Economic Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization in Asia

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  • Chi Gong

    (Core Research Center of Asia Center, Seoul National University)

  • Soyoung Kim

    (Department of Economics, Seoul National University)

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of internal (or regional) vs. external (inter-regional) integration and of trade vs. financial integration on regional business cycle synchronization in Asia. The empirical results show the following: (1) similar and strong common external linkages have significant positive effects on regional business cycle synchronization; (2) after controlling for external linkages, internal trade integration has a positive effect on regional business cycle synchronization but internal financial integration has a negative effect; and (3) the measures of external linkages, particularly the measure of external financial linkages, are more important than those of internal linkages in explaining regional business cycle co-movements. © 2013 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Chi Gong & Soyoung Kim, 2013. "Economic Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization in Asia," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 12(1), pages 76-99, Winter/Sp.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:12:y:2013:i:1:p:76-99
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    1. Jarko Fidrmuc & Iikka Korhonen, 2018. "Meta‐Analysis of Chinese Business Cycle Correlation," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(3), pages 385-410, August.
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    Keywords

    regional business cycle synchronization; Asia; internal and external integration; trade and financial integration;
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    JEL classification:

    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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