This book presents recent theoretical and empirical advances on business cycle analysis with particular attention to Euro-zone characteristics. It also seeks to increase interaction between academics, researchers and institutions in the area of business cycle analysis.
About the Author: BAS VAN AARLE Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium JACQUES ANAS Centre d' Observation Economique, France TOICHIRO ASADA Faculty of Economics, Chuo University, Japan ROBERTO ASTOLFI Direzione Centrale della Contabilità Nazionale, ISTAT, Italy MICHAEL U. BERGMAN Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark MONICA BILLIO Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Venezia, Italy MAURIZIO BOVI Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses, ISAE, Italy ROBERTO CASARIN Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Venezia, Italy NUNO CASSOLA Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank, Germany JOSÉ LUIS CEDEJAS BUENO Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain MARCO CENTONI Dipartimento SEGeS, Università del Molise, Italy CARL CHIARELLA School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney, Australia MARCO CRIVELLINI Dipartimento di Economia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy GIANLUCA CUBADDA Dipartimento SEFEMEQ, Università di Roma, Tor Vergata, Italy HERMAN K. VAN DIJK Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, The Netherlands JUAN DEL HOYO BERNAT Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain ANTONI ESPASA Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía, Universidad San Pablo-CEU and Univ. Carlos III, Spain LAURENT FERRARA Centre d' Observation Economique, France GEBHARD FLAIG Department of Business Cycle Analyses and Financial Markets, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany PETER FLASCHEL Department of Economics, Bielefeld University, Germany REINER FRANKE Technische Universität Wien, Austria FEDERICO GALIZIA European Investment Bank, Luxembourg MARCO GALLEGATI Dipartimento di Economia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy MAURO GALLEGATI Dipartimento di Economia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy HARRY GARRETSEN Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands NIKO GOBBIN Department of Economics, Universiteit Gent, Belgium DOMINIQUE GUÉGAN Departement d.Economie et Gestion, MORA-CNRS, France JESPER HANSSON Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ANDREW C. HARVEY Department of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, UK ALAIN HECQ Department of Quantitative Economics, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands GÖRAN HJELM National Institute of Economic Research, Sweden PER JANSSON Deputy Head, Monetary Policy Department, Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden MATTHIEU LEMOINE Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques, France MARCO LO DUCA GRETA Associati, Italy MÅRTEN LÖF National Institute of Economic Research, Sweden CAMILLE LOGEAY Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK), Germany MARCO MARINI Direzione Centrale della Contabilità Nazionale, ISTAT, Italy ANTONIO MATAS-MIR Directorate General Statistics, European Central Bank, Germany ROMAN MINGUEZ Departamento de Métodos