A three-regime real-time indicator for the US economy

Economics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Ferrara, Laurent ^a  

^a Centre d'Observation Economique   (France)

Author keywords

Economic cycles; Multivariate Markov Switching; Real time indicator; Specification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242276267     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00220-9     Document Type: Article

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