Demand and productivity components of business cycles: Estimates and implications

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1089-1105

  Dufourt, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Demand shocks; Productivity shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744572797     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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