Measuring synchronization and convergence of business cycles for the euro area, UK and US

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-51

  Koopman, Siem Jan ^a,b   Valle e Azevedo, João ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38149066617     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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