Does growth vary over the business cycle? Some evidence from the G7 countries

Economica

Volumn 64, Issue 255, 1997, Pages 441-460

  Kontolemis, Zenon G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0000715009     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00089     Document Type: Article

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