Are Business Cycles Different in Asia and Latin America?

This paper compares business cycles in Asia and in Latin America using structural vector autoregression analysis with panel data. The evidence for countries in these regions suggests that (i) the main source of output fluctuations is supply shocks, even in the short run; (ii) the real exchange rate is driven mostly by fiscal shocks; and (iii) terms of trade shocks are important for trade balance fluctuations but not for output or real exchange rate fluctuations. However, in Latin America, as opposed to Asia, output is affected more by external and domestic demand shocks.
Publication date: January 1997
ISBN: 9781451927313
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Money and Monetary Policy , Money and Monetary Policy , International - Economics , International - Economics , exchange rate , real exchange rate , terms of trade , exchange rate fluctuations , nominal exchange rate

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