Financial market variables do not predict real activity

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 522-539

  Thoma, Mark A ^a   Gray, Jo Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0032235804     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01734.x     Document Type: Article

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