IDENTIFYING THE INDUSTRY BUSINESS CYCLE USING THE MARKOV SWITCHING APPROACH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

In this article we use a Markov Switching model with two lags to identify and to compare the business cycle in Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland using data on industrial production for the 1991-2011 period. We use a model with two regimes that reflect the economic expansions and contractio...

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Main Authors: Cristi SPULBĂR, Mihai NIŢOI, Cristian STANCIU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitaria Press Craiova 2012-01-01
Series:Management & Marketing
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Online Access:http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2012-secondpart/9-28-2-12-FFF.pdf