Business Cycle Synchronization and Regional Integration : A Case Study for Central America

Business Cycle Synchronization and Regional Integration : A Case Study for Central America

In early January 2003, the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua launched official negotiations for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treaty that would expand NAFTA-style trade barrier reductions to Central America. With deeper trade integra...

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Main Author: Fiess, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
APPAREL
ASYMMETRIC SHOCKS
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS
BUSINESS CYCLE
BUSINESS CYCLE FLUCTUATIONS
BUSINESS CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION
BUSINESS CYCLES
BUSINESS CYCLES SYNCHRONIZATION
CENTRAL AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICAN
CENTRAL BANK
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
CURRENCY
CURRENCY AREA
CURRENCY UNION
DEEPER TRADE INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC TIME SERIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT
EXPORTS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE INTEGRATION
IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INDUSTRY TRADE
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC SYNCHRONIZATION
MEASURE OF TRADE
MONETARY COORDINATION
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY UNIFICATION
PRODUCERS
REAL GDP
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
REPORTING
SPECIALIZATION
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DATA
TRADE EXPANSION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE INTENSITY
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE STRUCTURE
TRANSACTION COSTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5800513/business-cycle-synchronization-regional-integration-case-study-central-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8949

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5800513/business-cycle-synchronization-regional-integration-case-study-central-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8949

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