Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67079 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1254
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper adopts a flexible framework to assess both short- and long-run business cycle linkages between six Latin American (LA) countries and the four largest economies in the world (namely the US, the Euro area, Japan and China) over the period 1980:I-2011:IV. The result indicate that within the LA region there are considerable differences between countries, success stories coexisting with extremely vulnerable economies. They also show that the LA region as a whole is largely dependent on external developments, especially in the years after the great recession of 2008 and 2009. The trade channel appears to be the most important source of business cycle co-movement, whilst capital flows are found to have a limited role, especially in the very short run.
Subjects: 
International Business Cycle
Latin America
VAR models
Trade and Financial Linkages
JEL: 
C32
E32
F31
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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