Quantifying worldwide economic distress
Quantifying worldwide economic distress
Author(s): Fernando Delbianco, Andrés Fioriti, Fernando TohméSubject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Központi Statisztikai Hivatal
Keywords: economic crisis; growth; index
Summary/Abstract: This paper proposes a new measure for worldwide economic distress, which can be described as the proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP) affected by countrylevel financial crises. It proves that this measure has the desirable properties of fair and representative indices. It also adequately justifies the beliefs of some economists that financial crises have negative effects on economic performance.
Journal: Regional Statistics
- Issue Year: 9/2019
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 3-12
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
