Are business cycles asymmetric? Some European evidence

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Peiró, Amado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1842535119     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840410001674268     Document Type: Article

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