Are technology shocks nonlinear?

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 506-533

  Altǔg, Sumru ^a   Ashley, Richard A ^b   Patterson, Douglas M ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asymmetries in factor demands; Nonlinearity tests; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033264702     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100599013036     Document Type: Article

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