The conventional treatment of seasonality in business cycle analysis: Does it create distortions?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 335-364

  Christiano, Lawrence J ^a,b,c   Todd, Richard M ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Seasonal adjustment; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036211213     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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