Separating the effects of aggregate and sectoral shocks with estimates from a Markov-switching search model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 93-121

  Storer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Markov switching; Sectoral shocks; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029692617     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(94)00845-6     Document Type: Article

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