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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828513403321

Autore

Espinosa-Bowen Jaime

Titolo

How Russia Affects the Neighborhood - Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels / / Jaime Espinosa-Bowen, Nadeem Ilahi, Fahad Alturki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-2245-X

1-4527-3693-6

1-282-84464-4

1-4518-7422-7

9786612844645

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

26 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AlturkiFahad

IlahiNadeem

Disciplina

332.042

Soggetti

Business cycles - Russia (Federation)

Capital movements - Russia (Federation)

Balance of payments

Currency

Current Account Adjustment

Current account balance

Current account

Energy: Demand and Supply

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

International economics

International finance

Macroeconomics

Oil prices

Prices

Real effective exchange rates

Remittances

Short-term Capital Movements

Russian Federation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Background -- III. Empirical Specification -- IV. Data and Summary Statistics -- V. The Findings -- A. Panel Results -- B. VAR Results -- VI. Conclusion -- References -- Tables -- 1. Testing for Unit Root -- 2. Summary Statistics -- 3. Determinants of GDP Growth in CIS Countries -- 4. Determinants of GDP Growth in CIS Countries-Trade Channel -- 5. Determinants of GDP Growth in CIS Countries (Excluding Russia)-Financial Linkages -- 6. Determinants of GDP Growth in CIS Countries-Remittances -- 7. Determinants of GDP Growth in CIS Countries-Combined -- 8. Forecast Error Variance Decompositions of Growth in CIS -- Figures -- 1. Average Share of CIS Countries' Exports to Russia and Europe -- 2. Ratio of Remittances from Russia and Europe to GDP of Non-Russian CIS Countries -- 3. Outflow of Remittances from Russia -- 4. Russia and CIS: The Crisis of 1998 -- 5. Growth in CIS Countries, Russia, and Euro Area -- 6. Russian Current Account Balance, NIF, and CIS Growth -- 7. Impact of Russian Growth on Growth in CIS Countries: Effects by Country -- 8. Impact of Euro Area Growth on Growth in CIS Countries: Effects by Country -- 9. Proportion of the CIS Growth Variations that are due to Russian Growth -- 10. Proportion of the CIS Growth Variations that are due to Euro Area Growth -- Appendix Table -- 1. Correlation.

Sommario/riassunto

We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered since the 1998 crisis. Russia appears to influence regional growth mainly through the remittance channel and somewhat less so through the financial channel. There is a shrinking role of the trade (exports to Russia) channel. Russian growth shocks are associated with sizable effects on Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and, to some extent, Georgia.