We study the effects that the Maastricht Treaty, the creation of the ECB, and the Euro changeover had on the dynamics of European business cycles using a panel VAR and data from 10 European countries—seven from the Euro area and three outside of it. There are changes in the features of...

This Paper examines the properties of G-7 cycles using a multicountry Bayesian panel VAR model with time variations, unit specific dynamics and cross country interdependences. We demonstrate the presence of a significant world cycle and show that country specific indicators play a much smaller...

In a monetary union, inflation rate differentials may be substantial over the business cycle. This paper parameterizes a monetary union with cross-country structural differences in (i) the elasticity of demand in the goods markets, (ii) the degree of price inertia and (iii) the preference for...

The purpose of this paper is to study new notions of stochastic comparisons and aging classes based on the Laplace transform order of residual lives. We give relationships to other stochastic orders and aging classes given previously. Finally we study some applications to shock models.