Shocks and frictions in US business cycles: A Bayesian DSGE approach

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 586-606

  Smets, Frank ^a   Wouters, Rafael ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 34547309730     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.586     Document Type: Article

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