On the sources of business cycles in the G-7

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-100

  Canova, Fabio ^a   de Nicoló, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Dynamic correlations; Impulse responses; Structural shocks

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; G-7 COUNTRY; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE;

EID: 0037222384     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(02)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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