Maximum likelihood in the frequency domain: The importance of time-to-plan

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 789-815

  Christiano, Lawrence J ^a   Vigfusson, Robert J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Frequency domain; Investment; Likelihood ratio; Phase angle; Time to build; Time to plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037905665     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(03)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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