The asymmetric effects of oil shocks on output growth: A Markov-Switching analysis for the G-7 countries

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-29

  Cologni, Alessandro ^a   Manera, Matteo ^b,c  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Markov Switching models; Oil shocks; Output growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349084896     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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