More international evidence on the historical properties of business cycles

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 321-346

  A'Hearn, Brian ^a   Woitek, Ulrich ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C22; C32; E32; Historical business cycle stylized facts; International business cycles; N11; N13; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042260632     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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