Business cycle turning points, a new coincident index, and tests of duration dependence based on a dynamic factor model with regime switching

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-197

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

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EID: 0039573714     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557447     Document Type: Article

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