Business cycles and the synchronization process: a bounds testing approach

Chan, Tze Haw and Lau, Evan (2004) Business cycles and the synchronization process: a bounds testing approach. INTI Journal, 1 (5). pp. 445-465.

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Abstract

To justify the business cycle synchronization (BCS) process among ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand), Japan and the United States, the Autoregressive Distributed Log bounds test and the UECM (Unrestricted Error Correction Model) representation advanced in Pesaran et al. (2001) is deployed. Evidently, ASEAN-5 has achieved some important degree of business cycle co-fluctuations, attributed to the improved intra-trading and cross-boarder investments. Nonetheless, the idiosyncratic and common shocks in ASEAN economies are more identical to the Japanese experience rather than the US’s. Comparable pattern of economic development and liberalization process have created countries (ASEAN-Japan) with similar economic structures, implying that further economic cooperation and currency arrangements in the region are bright. In addition, our findings demonstrate that the bilateral exchange rate stability may not contribute to the business cycle convergence, as in the ASEAN-US case while bilateral exchange rate dispersion has neither jeopardized the ASEAN-Japan BCS process. Also, price divergences among the ASEAN-US-Japan indicate that scope remained for further price convergence if the Japanese Yen or the US dollar is to be adopted as common currency. Nonetheless, regional policy coordination should focus on narrowing the yen/dollar fluctuation, ahead of forming common currency area or monetary union.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Business Cycle Synchronisation, ASEAN, ARDL Bounds Test, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Depositing User: Ab Rahim
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2017 01:41
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2022 03:36
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18578

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