Do countries catch cold when trading partners sneeze? Evidence from spillovers in the Baltics

How do countries respond to shocks from their major trading partners? This paper addresses the question in the context of the observed shifts in trade linkages between the Baltic countries and their major trading partners. Vector autoregression (VAR) models were used to examine the magnitude and sou...

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Main Author: Kingsley I. Obiora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Public Finance 2010-06-01
Series:Financial Theory and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.ijf.hr/eng/FTP/2010/2/obiora.pdf