Statistical nonlinearities in the business cycle: A challenge for the canonical RBC model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2957-2983

  Valderrama, Diego ^a  

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

Author keywords

Efficient method of moments; Nonlinear; Real business cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547126453     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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