Sources of business-cycle volatility: An exploratory study on a sample of OECD countries

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-637

  Karras, Georgios ^a   Song, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030495569     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(96)80055-3     Document Type: Article

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