Asymmetry and duration dependence in Australian GDP and unemployment

Economic Record

Volumn 74, Issue 227, 1998, Pages 399-411

  Bodman, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032412897     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1998.tb01934.x     Document Type: Article

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