Business cycle synchronization across US states

We use wavelet analysis to conclude that individual U.S. states' business cycles are very well synchronized. We also find evidence of a strong and significant correlation between business cycle dissimilitudes and the distance between each pair of states, consistent to gravity type mechanisms wh...

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Main Author: Aguiar-Conraria, Luís (author)
Other Authors: Brinca, Pedro (author), Gudjonsson, Haukur Vidar (author), Soares, M. J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/47845
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/47845