Predicting U.S. Recessions: Financial variables as leading indicators

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Estrella, Arturo ^a   Mishkin, Frederic S ^a  

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EID: 0039066423     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557320     Document Type: Article

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