On adjusting the Hodrick-Prescott filter for the frequency of observations

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-376

  Ravn, Morten O ^c   Uhlig, Harald ^a,b  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

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EID: 18744391055     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317411604     Document Type: Review

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