Business Cycle Asymmetries: International Evidence

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 230-243

  Razzak, W A ^a  

^a Economics Department   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Multicountry models; asymmetry; steepness; deepness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041905268     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.2000.0109     Document Type: Article

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