The length of US business expansions: When did the break in the data occur?

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 452-471

  Cover, James P ^a   Pecorino, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Gold standard; Macroeconomic stabilization; NBER dates

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344475685     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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