TY - BOOK ED - International Monetary Fund. TI - Kingdom of the Netherlands: Netherlands: Selected Issues T2 - IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report SN - 1451829590 : SN - 1934-7685 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Confidence Intervals KW - imf KW - Demand Shock KW - Error Variance KW - Forecast Error KW - Transport Equipment KW - Germany KW - Netherlands N2 - Overall competitiveness of the Dutch economy seems adequate, but domestically produced exports have lost market share recently. Over the past three decades, globalization has greatly influenced economies as countries have become more integrated. Empirical studies on business cycles synchronization and transmission of shocks among countries have provided conflicting results. In its descriptive part, this study concludes that Dutch export competitiveness is not a problem so far. This also finds that the Netherlands is relatively more exposed to supply-driven shocks while Germany is more exposed to demand-driven shocks UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF002/09315-9781451829594/09315-9781451829594/09315-9781451829594.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451829594 ER -