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Décrire le cycle économique en Tunisie

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[eng] This article describes the business cycle in Tunisia – in terms of the “ classical cycle ” and the “ growth cycle ”– and characterizes its main regularities . We find that : (1) classical-cycle contraction phases are heterogeneous and triggered mainly by external shocks ; (2) supply shocks, unrelated to demand shocks, are the chief determinant of economic activity fluctuations ; (3) Tunisian growth-cycle regularities differ from those observed in Morocco and Jordan ; (4) the Tunisian growth cycle is weakly synchronized with those of Jordan and Morocco, owing to a strong idiosyncratic component and a low common-shock weight. [fre] Cet article se propose d’établir une description du cycle économique en Tunisie - cycle classique (cycle d’affaires) et cycle en déviation (cycle de croissance) - et une caractérisation de ses principales régularités. Les résultats obtenus montrent que (i) Les phases de contraction du cycle classique sont très hétérogènes et sont expliquées par les chocs externes (ii) Les chocs d’offre, indépendants des chocs de demande, dominent la variabilité conjoncturelle de l’activité économique (iii) Les régularités empiriques du cycle de croissance sont, dans l’ensemble, différentes de celles observées au Maroc et en Jordanie (iv). Il existe une faible synchronisation entre le cycle de croissance tunisien et les cycles jordanien et marocain, résultat d’une forte composante idiosynchratique et d’un poids faible des chocs communs.

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  • Fathi Elachhab, 2009. "Décrire le cycle économique en Tunisie," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 189(3), pages 75-92.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecoprv:ecop_0249-4744_2009_num_189_3_7925
    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2009.7925
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