Detrending and business cycle facts: A user's guide

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Canova, Fabio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B41; Business cycles; Detrending; E32; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039835827     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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