Seasonal cycles, business cycles, and monetary policy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 441-464

  Liu, Zheng ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Consumption durability; E32; E41; E52; Monetary policy; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010593011     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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