Breaks in the variability and comovement of G-7 economic growth

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-740

  Doyle, Brian M ^a   Faust, Jon ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 31544448563     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098134     Document Type: Review

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