Changes in business cycles: Evidence and explanations

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 23-44

  Romer, Christina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002082684     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.2.23     Document Type: Article

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