Is the US business cycle asymmetric? Some further evidence

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-415

  Peel, D A ^a   Speight, A E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BUSINESS CYCLE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MODELLING APPROACH; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NEGLECTED RESIDUAL STRUCTURE;

USA;

EID: 0029826954     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328533     Document Type: Article

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