Estimating the natural rate of unemployment and testing the natural rate hypothesis

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Salemi, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0033484991     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1255(199901/02)14:1<1::aid-jae495>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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