“…At this point, we should mention some relevant applications. The GVAR approach has been used in forecasting applications (Ericsson & Reisman, 2012; Peseran et al., 2009), in global finance applications (Bussiere et al., 2013; Chen et al., 2010), while there are numerous global macroeconomics applications which examine a variety of subjects, that is, global inflation (Anderton et al., 2010; Galesi & Lombardi, 2009), global imbalances and exchange rate misalignments (Bettendorf, 2012; Bussiere et al., 2012), the role of the United States as a dominant economy (Chudik & Smith, 2013; Dees & Saint‐Guilhem, 2011; Konstantakis et al., 2015; Tsionas et al., 2016), the business cycle synchronization and the rising role of China in the world economy (Cesa‐Bianchi et al., 2012; Dreger & Zhang, 2013; Feldkircher & Korhonen, 2014), commodity price models (Gruss, 2014; Gutierrez & Piras, 2013), housing (Hiebert & Vansteenkiste, 2009; Jannsen, 2010), the effects of fiscal and monetary policy (Favero et al., 2011; Feldkircher & Huber, 2014; Hebous & Zimmermann, 2013), the labor market (Hiebert & Vansteenkiste, 2010), and the role of credit (Xu, 2012; Konstantakis & Michaelides, 2014).…”