Modelling trends, expectations and the cyclical behaviour of prices

Economic Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Smant, David J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Expectations; Prices; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012864256     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-9993(97)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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