Recent U.S. macroeconomic stability: Good policies, good practices, or good luck?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 824-832

  Ahmed, Shaghil ^a   Levin, Andrew ^a   Wilson, Beth Anne ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 4444345848     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653041811662     Document Type: Article

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