Business-cycle synchronization in the EMU

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1491-1501

  Furceri, D ^a,b   Karras, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EXPORT; IMPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45949111430     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600843954     Document Type: Article

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