International evidence on output fluctuation and shock persistence

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1499-1530

  Levy, Daniel ^a   Dezhbakhsh, Hashem ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Developing countries; OECD countries; Output growth; Shock persistence; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038094737     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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