02005cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016685 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513564890 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Monnet, Eric. Has Globalization Really Increased Business Cycle Synchronization? / Eric Monnet, Damien Puy. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (55 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses the strength of business cycle synchronization between 1950 and 2014 in a sample of 21 countries using a new quarterly dataset based on IMF archival data. Contrary to the common wisdom, we find that the globalization period is not associated with more output synchronization at the global level. The world business cycle was as strong during Bretton Woods (1950-1971) than during the Globalization period (1984-2006). Although globalization did not affect the average level of co-movement, trade and financial integration strongly affect the way countries co-move with the rest of the world. We find that financial integration de-synchronizes national outputs from the world cycle, although the magnitude of this effect depends crucially on the type of shocks hitting the world economy. This de-synchronizing effect has offset the synchronizing impact of other forces, such as increased trade integration. Mode of access: Internet Puy, Damien. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/054 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/054/001.2016.issue-054-en.xml IMF e-Library