What have macroeconomists learned about business cycles from the study of seasonal cycles?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-66

  Miron, Jeffrey A ^a   Beaulieu, Joseph J ^a  

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EID: 0030525595     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109847     Document Type: Article

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