00603nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000190001710000220003624500910005826000300014930000100017952002740018958300180046320260716043945.0  a03.02.04 S7153  aSosa, Sebastián  aMacroeconomic fluctuations in the Caribbean : the role of climatic and external shocks  bIMFa[Washington]USc2009  a27 p.  aDevelops country-specific VAR models with block exogeneity restrictions to analyze how exogenous factors affect business cycles in the Eastern Caribbean.  Finds that external shocks play a key role, explaining more than half of macroeconomic fluctuations in the region.  c8/17/09kJOYD