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Evidence of the North--South business cycle.(Statistical Data Included)

From: Economic Perspectives  |  Date: 3/22/2001  |  Author: Kouparitsas, Michael A.

Introduction and summary

This article examines the economic fluctuations of two regional economies: the developed, industrial goods exporting countries of the world (which I call "North") and the developing, non-fuel commodity exporting countries (or "South"). My principal objective is to document the salient features of their business cycles from 1970 to 1995. I frame the discussion around two questions. The first question is whether these very different regions share similar ...

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