Business cycle and inflation synchronisation in Mainland China and Hong Kong

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-418

  Gerlach Kristen, Petra ^a,b  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business cycles; China; Hong Kong; Inflation cycles; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349199568     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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