Extra! Extra! Some positive technology shocks are expansionary!

Economics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-156

  Alexopoulos, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Measurement; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549104350     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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