Papers by Elias Papaioannou
In 2007 all ECB publications feature a motif taken from the €20 banknote.
Journal of International Economics, 2013
We study the effect of financial integration (through banks) on the transmission of international... more We study the effect of financial integration (through banks) on the transmission of international business cycles. In a sample of 20 developed countries between 1978 and 2009 we find that, in periods without financial crises, increases in bilateral banking linkages are associated with more divergent output cycles.This relation is significantly weaker during financial turmoil periods, suggesting that financial crises induce co-movement among more financially integrated countries. We also show that countries with stronger, direct and indirect, financial ties to the U.S. experienced more synchronized cycles with the U.S. during the recent 2007-2009 crisis. We then interpret these findings using a simple general equilibrium model of international business cycles with banks and shocks to banking activity. The model suggests that the relation between integration and synchronization depends on the type of shocks hitting the world economy, and that shocks to global banks played an important role in triggering and spreading the
In 2007 all ECB publications feature a motif taken from the €20 banknote.
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2006
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Papers by Elias Papaioannou