Do European business cycles look like one?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2165-2190

  Camacho, Maximo ^a   Perez Quiros, Gabriel ^b   Saiz, Lorena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c Bank of Spain ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycle characteristics; Economic integration; European Union enlargement

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449086362     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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