European business cycles: New indices and their synchronicity

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-131

  Dueker, Michael ^a   Wesche, Katrin ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0037256209     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/41.1.116     Document Type: Article

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