Real business cycles and sunspot fluctuations are observationally equivalent

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-117

  Kamihigashi, Takashi ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalities; Observational equivalence; Real business cycle models; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030079240     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3932(95)01243-5     Document Type: Article

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