Productivity growth, consumer confidence and the business cycle

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1113-1140

  Danthine, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Donaldson, John B ^c   Johnsen, Thore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Consumption; Labor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645256077     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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