Degrees of processing and changes in the cyclical behavior of prices in the United States, 1869-1990

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-53

  Hanes, Christopher ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2601138     Document Type: Article

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