On seasonality and business cycle durations: A nonparametric investigation

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-290

  Ghysels, Eric ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycle chronologies; Periodic structures; Rank based tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041031971     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(97)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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