A comparison of two business cycle dating methods

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1681-1690

  Harding, Don ^a   Pagan, Adrian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Dating rules; Markov switching; NBER dates; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410926     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(02)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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