Increasing returns, home production and persistence of business cycles

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-543

  Perli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Persistence; Propagation mechanism; Real business cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032040582     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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