Cuestas, J.C., Monfort, M. and Ordóñez, J. (2011) How big is the 'German locomotive'? A perspective from Central and Eastern European countries' unemployment rates. Working Paper. Department of Economics, University of Sheffield ISSN 1749-8368
Abstract
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe have undergone a process of transition from communism to markets economies. The economic convergence, in terms of income, that these countries have achieved in recent years has been one of the cornerstones in the economic integration with Western Europe. In this paper we aim to analyze the degree of co-movement of unemployment rates in a sample of Central and Eastern European transition economies, and the role of German as the 'locomotive' in this process. We intend to test two hypotheses; first, is it possible to identify common patterns that are possibly linked to the economic convergence process in the unemployment rates cycles for this group of countries? And, second, is it possible to identify one of the main economic fundamentals that has acted as an attractor towards economic convergence? By means of nonlinear logistic smooth transition autoregressions and co-movement analysis we found that the German business cycle has acted as a common factor affecting the cyclical behavior of the unemployment rates in these countries.
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Keywords: | transition economies, unemployment, economic cycle, nonlinearities, economic integration |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) > Sheffield Economics Research Papers Series |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2011 16:26 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2014 05:38 |
Published Version: | http://www.shef.ac.uk/economics/research/serps/yea... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Sheffield |
Identification Number: | Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series 2011008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:43082 |