Using theory for measurement: An analysis of the cyclical behavior of home production

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 435-456

  Ingram, Beth F ^a   Kocherlakota, Narayana R ^b   Savin, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle fluctuations; Labor hours; Real business cycle models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521524     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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