How Trade Composition Affects Sensitivity to Foreign Shocks: Applying a Global VAR Model to Ukraine

This paper studies the transmission of foreign output shocks to real activity in Ukraine through international trade. We employ a global vector auto regressive (GVAR) model that captures about 80% of the world economy and incorporates time-varying trade and financial weights. According to our estima...

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Main Authors: Oleksandr Faryna, Heli Simola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Bank of Ukraine 2019-03-01
Series:Visnyk of the National Bank of Ukraine
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Online Access:http://journal.bank.gov.ua/uploads/articles/247_1.pdf