Jump-and-rest effect of U.S. business cycles

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Camacho, Maximo ^a   Quiros, Gabriel Perez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Output growth; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049148351     PISSN: 10811826     EISSN: 15583708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1480     Document Type: Article

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