Time irreversibility and business cycle asymmetry

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Ramsey, James B ^a   Rothman, Philip ^a  

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EID: 0039120736     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2077963     Document Type: Article

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