Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area

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Autor(a) principal: Afonso, António
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Jalles, João Tovar
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25514
Resumo: In this paper, we decompose the current account (CA) balance in 19 Euro area countries into cyclical and non-cyclical components. For the period 1999:Q1 to 2015:Q4, we compute income elasticities of imports and of exports via an alternative novel and improved approach by running time-varying coefficient models country-by-country. Then, in a panel set-up (and controlling for country-invariant characteristics), we uncover that terms of trade have a positive effect on both the cyclical and non-cyclical components of the CA, while the Global Financial Crisis, compensation of employees and the employment level have a negative effect on the cyclical component. Moreover, the crisis had a greater impact on the cyclical component of the CA due to movements in the real effective exchange rate. In addition, we find a negative effect of the crisis on the cyclical component of the CA for countries that received financial assistance from the European Union, notably Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Latvia.
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spelling Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro AreaCurrent Account CyclicalityFinancial MarketsTime-Varying CoefficientsIn this paper, we decompose the current account (CA) balance in 19 Euro area countries into cyclical and non-cyclical components. For the period 1999:Q1 to 2015:Q4, we compute income elasticities of imports and of exports via an alternative novel and improved approach by running time-varying coefficient models country-by-country. Then, in a panel set-up (and controlling for country-invariant characteristics), we uncover that terms of trade have a positive effect on both the cyclical and non-cyclical components of the CA, while the Global Financial Crisis, compensation of employees and the employment level have a negative effect on the cyclical component. Moreover, the crisis had a greater impact on the cyclical component of the CA due to movements in the real effective exchange rate. In addition, we find a negative effect of the crisis on the cyclical component of the CA for countries that received financial assistance from the European Union, notably Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Latvia.SpringerRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioJalles, João Tovar2022-09-16T09:50:07Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25514engAfonso, António and João Tovar Jalles. (2019). "Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area." Open Economies Review, Vol. 30, No.1: pp. 133-156.10.1007/s11079-018-9503-2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:55:04Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/25514Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:09:22.148951Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
title Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
spellingShingle Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
Afonso, António
Current Account Cyclicality
Financial Markets
Time-Varying Coefficients
title_short Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
title_full Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
title_fullStr Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
title_full_unstemmed Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
title_sort Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area
author Afonso, António
author_facet Afonso, António
Jalles, João Tovar
author_role author
author2 Jalles, João Tovar
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Afonso, António
Jalles, João Tovar
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Current Account Cyclicality
Financial Markets
Time-Varying Coefficients
topic Current Account Cyclicality
Financial Markets
Time-Varying Coefficients
description In this paper, we decompose the current account (CA) balance in 19 Euro area countries into cyclical and non-cyclical components. For the period 1999:Q1 to 2015:Q4, we compute income elasticities of imports and of exports via an alternative novel and improved approach by running time-varying coefficient models country-by-country. Then, in a panel set-up (and controlling for country-invariant characteristics), we uncover that terms of trade have a positive effect on both the cyclical and non-cyclical components of the CA, while the Global Financial Crisis, compensation of employees and the employment level have a negative effect on the cyclical component. Moreover, the crisis had a greater impact on the cyclical component of the CA due to movements in the real effective exchange rate. In addition, we find a negative effect of the crisis on the cyclical component of the CA for countries that received financial assistance from the European Union, notably Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Latvia.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Afonso, António and João Tovar Jalles. (2019). "Decomposing and analysing the determinants of current accounts’ cyclicality: evidence from the Euro Area." Open Economies Review, Vol. 30, No.1: pp. 133-156.
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