Characterising the Business Cycle for Accession Countries

Michael Artis, Massimiliano Marcellino and Tommaso Proietti

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Abstract: We analyse the evolution of the business cycle in the accession countries, after a careful examination of the seasonal properties of the available series and the required modification of the cycle dating procedures. We then focus on the degree of cyclical concordance within the group of accession countries, which turns out to be in general lower than that between the existing EU countries (the Baltic countries constitute an exception). With respect to the Eurozone, the indications of synchronization are also generally low and lower relative to the position obtaining for countries taking part in previous enlargements (with the exceptions of Poland, Slovenia and Hungary). In the light of the optimal currency area literature, these results cast doubts on the usefulness of adopting the euro in the near future for most accession countries, though other criteria such as the extent of trade and the gains in credibility may point in a different direction.

Keywords: Business cycles; dating algorithms; cycle synchronization; EU enlargement; seasonal adjustment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C19 C40 E32 E39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2004-03-18
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Working Paper: Characterizing the Business Cycle for Accession Countries (2004)
Working Paper: Characterising the Business Cycle for Accession Countries (2004)
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