What do we know (and not know) about potential output?

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 187-214

  Basu, Susanto ^a   Fernald, John G ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 68649109353     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.91.187-214     Document Type: Article

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