Conditional and unconditional asymmetry in U.S. macroeconomic time series

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Belaire Franch, Jorge ^a   Peiro, Amado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 14844346549     PISSN: 15583708     EISSN: 10811826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1108     Document Type: Article

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