Trade, production sharing, and the international transmission of business cycles

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 775-795

  Burstein, Ariel ^a   Kurz, Christopher ^b   Tesar, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Maquiladora; Multinational; Production sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949105126     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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