The cyclical sensitivity of seasonality in U.S. employment

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 523-553

  Krane, Spencer ^a   Wascher, William ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Employment; Seasonality; Unobserved components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033473772     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(99)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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