Friedman's Plucking Model of Business Fluctuations: Tests and Estimates of Permanent and Transitory Components

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-334

  Kim, Chang Jin ^a   Nelson, Charles R ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 1842711928     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601114     Document Type: Article

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