Do Institutional Changes Affect Business Cycles? Evidence from Europe

Canova, Fabio; Ciccarelli, Matteo; Ortega, Eva

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1436365

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Do Institutional Changes Affect Business Cycles? Evidence from Europe

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 0921

40 Pages Posted: 21 Jul 2009

See all articles by Fabio Canova

Eva Ortega

Bank of Spain, DG Economics, Statistics and Research

Date Written: October 1, 2009

Abstract

We study the effects that the Maastricht treaty, the creation of the ECB, and the Euro changeover had on the dynamics of European business cycles using a panel VAR and data from ten European countries - seven from the Euro area and three outside of it. There are slow changes in the features of business cycles and in the transmission of shocks. Time variations appear to be unrelated to the three events of interest and instead linked to a process of European convergence and synchronization.

Keywords: business cycles, European Monetary Union, Panel VAR, structural changes

JEL Classification: C15, C33, E32, E42

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Canova, Fabio and Ciccarelli, Matteo and Ortega, Eva, Do Institutional Changes Affect Business Cycles? Evidence from Europe (October 1, 2009). Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 0921, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1436365 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1436365