Growth-cycle features of East Asian countries: Are they similar?

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-156

  Girardin, Eric ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Correlation; Growth cycles; Markov switching

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 18344369362     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.262     Document Type: Article

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