A guide to wavelets for economists

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-267

  Crowley, Patrick M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Economic growth; Multiresolution analysis; Statistical methodology; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947587196     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2006.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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