Business Cycle Characteristics of Mediterranean Economies: a Secular Trend and Cycle Dynamics Perspective
Anna Solms, Bernd Süssmuth
International Economics and Economic Policy,
October
2022
Abstract
This study analyzes business cycle characteristics for all 20 major contemporaneous economies bordering the Mediterranean Sea based on annual real gross domestic product series for the period from 1960 to 2019. The region we investigate corresponds to the Mare Internum region of the Imperial Roman Empire during the Nerva-Antonine and early Severan dynasty, i.e., at the time of the maximum extent of the Roman Empire around 100 to 200 CE. The covered area encircles the Mediterranean, including economies now belonging to the European Union as well as acceding countries, Turkey, and the Middle East and North African economies. Using a components-deviation-cycle approach, we assess level trends and relative volatility of output. We also quantify the contribution of various factors to the business cycle variability within a region. We find cyclic commonalities and idiosyncrasies are related to ancient and colonial history and to contemporaneous trade relationships. Caliphate and Ottoman Empire membership as well as colonial rule in the twentieth century and contemporary Muslim share of population are the most promising predictors of business cycle commonalities in the region.
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Ostdeutsche Wirtschaft weniger von Lieferengpässen belastet als gesamtdeutsche, aber niedrigere Impfquoten bergen Risiko – Implikationen der Gemeinschaftsdiagnose Herbst 2021 und von Länderdaten aus jüngeren Veröffentlichungen des Statistischen Bund
Die derzeitigen Lieferengpässe beeinträchtigen die Produktion im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe in Ostdeutschland etwas weniger als in Deutschland insgesamt. Der Zuwachs des Bruttoinlandsprodukts im Jahr 2021 dürfte in Ostdeutschland mit 1,8% zwar geringer ausfallen als in Deutschland insgesamt (2,4%), doch 2022, wenn die Lieferengpässe weniger hemmen, dürfte sich dieser Abstand wohl noch vergrößern (Ostdeutschland: 3,6%, Deutschland: 4,8%).
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Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Institutional and Cultural Determinants
Stefan Eichler, N. Lucke
Applied Economics,
Nr. 11,
2016
Abstract
Using panel data for 29 source and 65 host countries in the period 1995–2009, we examine the determinants of bilateral FDI stocks, focusing on institutional and cultural factors. The results reveal that institutional and cultural distance is important and that FDI has a predominantly regional aspect. FDI to developing countries is positively affected by better institutions in the host country, while foreign investors prefer to invest in developed countries that are more corrupt and politically unstable compared to home. The results indicate that foreign investors prefer to invest in countries with less diverse societies than their own.
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