Measuring business cycles: A modern perspective

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-77

  Diebold, Francis X ^a   Rudebusch, Glenn D ^a  

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EID: 0030530151     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109848     Document Type: Article

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