Analysis of the US business cycle with a Vector-Markov-switching model

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-61

  Kontolemis, Zenon G ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Markov switching models; NBER reference cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141650004     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-131X(200101)20:1<47::AID-FOR783>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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