Accounting for stability

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-696

  Martin, Bill ^a   Rowthorn, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; MODELING; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31344465207     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/51.4.649     Document Type: Article

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