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Common and Idiosyncratic Components in Real Output: Further International Evidence

By Francisco d Nadal De Simone

December 1, 2002

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Francisco d Nadal De Simone. Common and Idiosyncratic Components in Real Output: Further International Evidence, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

This paper uses the classical (level) definition of business cycles to analyze the characteristics-duration, amplitude, steepness, and cumulative output movements-of the real GDP series of France, Germany, Italy, the rest of the euro area, and the United States. An index of concordance and its test statistic suggest a great deal of comovement/synchronization between output cycles. Following that result, a dynamic factor model is estimated. Output fluctuations are mostly explained by a global common component and an euro area common component. However, idiosyncratic components also matter, especially for France, the rest of the euro area, and the United States.

Subject: Business cycles, Cyclical indicators, Econometric analysis, Economic growth, Factor models, Inflation, Prices, Social security contributions, Taxes

Keywords: Business cycles, Common, Cyclical indicators, European and idiosyncratic components, Factor models, FR expansion, FR real GDP series, Global, Inflation, IT output, Italy, Pairs FR-IT, REA output, Real GDP, Social security contributions, State-space Models, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    19

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2002/229

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2292002

  • ISBN:

    9781451875485

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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