Are technology improvements contractionary?

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1418-1448

  Basu, Susanto ^a,b   Fernald, John G ^c   Kimball, Miles S ^b,d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33847690371     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1418     Document Type: Article

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