The role of investment-specific technological change in the business cycle

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-115

  Greenwood, Jeremy ^a   Hercowitz, Zvi ^b   Krusell, Per ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Equipment investment; Technological change

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033963790     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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