Has the U.S. economy become more stable? A Bayesian approach based on a Markov-switching model of the business cycle

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 608-616

  Kim, Chang Jin ^a   Nelson, Charles R ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0039447737     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399558472     Document Type: Article

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