Is the technology-driven real business cycle hypothesis dead? Shocks and aggregate fluctuations revisited

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1379-1399

  Francis, Neville ^a   Ramey, Valerie A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Long run restrictions; Technology shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744447295     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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