Real-Business-Cycle Models and the Forecastable Movements in Output, Hours, and Consumption

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-89

  Rotemberg, Julio J ^a   Woodford, Michael ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; FORECASTING APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING APPROACH; OUTPUT FORECASTING; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 0029800061     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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