An alternative definition of economic regions in the United States based on similarities in state business cycles

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 617-626

  Crone, Theodore M ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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EID: 31544464340     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098224     Document Type: Review

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