The cost of recessions revisited: A reverse-liquidationist view

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 313-341

  Caballero, Ricardo J ^a,b   Hammour, Mohamad L ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b National Bereau of Economics Research   (United States)

^c DELTA (Jt Res Unit CNRS ENS EHESS)   (United Kingdom)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL MARKET; LABOR MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 16344376596     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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