The economic performance of cities: A Markov-switching approach

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-550

  Owyang, Michael T ^a   Piger, Jeremy M ^b   Wall, Howard J ^a   Wheeler, Christopher H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle phases; Growth in cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349099610     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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