Unemployment and the business cycle in a small open economy: G.M.M. estimation and testing with French data

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1609-1639

  Feve, Patrick ^a   Langot, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Estimation and testing; Open economy; Unemployment; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030239930     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(96)00915-3     Document Type: Article

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