Creating a Eurasian Union : economic integration of the former Soviet republics

Introduction 1. Post-Soviet Integration: Fictive and Derivative 2. Business Cycles Synchronization of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Appendix 1. Additional Information on the Customs Union Trade (2011-2012 Appendix 2. Data Sources Appendix 3. Integration, Fractional Integration, Cointegration of Real De-Trended GDP Appendix 4. More Results of Business Cycles and Correlations Analysis (Graphic Representation) Appendix 5. Business Cycles Correlation: GDP, GDP Decomposition and Growth Rates Appendix 6. VAR, Variance Decomposition and Impulse-Response Analysis of Real GDP and GDP Decomposition