Has the business cycle changed and why?

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 159-218

  Stock, James H ^a   Watson, Mark W ^a  

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EID: 33846109529     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.17.3585284     Document Type: Article

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