A system for dating and detecting turning points in the Euro area

Manchester School

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-577

  Anas, Jacques ^a   Billio, Monica ^b   Ferrara, Laurent ^c   Mazzi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a Coe Rexecode ^*

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

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EID: 49649124839     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2008.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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