Business cycles and the role of confidence: Evidence for Europe

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-208

  Taylor, Karl ^a   McNabb, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34147122189     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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