Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153149 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 715
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Against the background of the rapid integration of emerging Asia into the global economy, this paper investigates the role of domestic and external factors in driving individual emerging economies in Asia. We estimate VAR models for ten countries over the period 1979Q1- 2003Q4, controlling for external factors, and use sign restrictions to identify structural domestic shocks. Variance decompositions indicate that Asian emerging economies are to a large part driven by external developments, and even more so employing a more recent sample. We analyse to what extent structural domestic shocks exhibit a regional dimension by comparing shocks across countries using correlation and principal component analysis. The extent of regional co-movement between structural shocks is relatively limited. While the principal components analysis indicates a moderate increase in co-movement over time, the correlation analysis finds a decline. This may reflect a broadening of regional integration at the expense of bilateral economic ties.
Subjects: 
Economic integration
International Business Cycles
sign restrictions
structural shocks
JEL: 
F15
F02
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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