Research Article

Investigating the Effect of Oil Revenue Shocks on Business Cycles and the Synchronism of Cycles with Selected OECD Countries

Table 7

Estimation of business cycle synchronization index.

CountriesBusiness cycle correlation coefficient

Belgium0.09
China0.30
France0.00
Germany0.042
Greece0.29
India−0.15
Italy−0.07
Japan0.17
South Korea−0.10
Spain0.10
Turkey0.03
England−0.44