Technology shocks and aggregate fluctuations: How well does the real business cycle model fit postwar U.S. data?

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 19, Issue , 2004, Pages 225-228

  Galí, Jordi ^a,b   Rabanal, Pau ^c  

^a CEPR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 21244499323     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.19.3585339     Document Type: Article

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