Have business cycles become more synchronized?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-42

  De Haan, Jakob ^a   Inklaar, Robert ^a   Sleijpen, Olaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 0036002443     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00342     Document Type: Article

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