Explaining the great moderation: It is not the shocks

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 621-633

  Giannone, Domenico ^a   Lenza, Michele ^a   Reichlin, Lucrezia ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 45849133466     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.2-3.621     Document Type: Article

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