Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18060 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 324
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
One channel of business cycle shock transmission which gained attraction only recently is the confidence channel. The aim of the paper is to find out whether the confidence channel is actually working between the US and Germany. This is analysed using times series methods. In contrast to other studies the direct informational content of leading US indicators for German producer confidence and the significance of asymmetric reactions is tested. The results show that there is a relationship between the respective variables, which has become closer during the nineties. However the hypothesis of asymmetries had to be rejected.
Subjects: 
Confidence Channel
Business Cycle
Leading Indicators
JEL: 
E37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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