Can world real interest rates explain business cycles in a small open economy?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 867-889

  Blankenau, William ^a   Ayhan Kose, M ^b   Yi, Kei Mu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; D58; Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models; E32; F41; Small open economy; World interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001245798     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(00)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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