Can news about the future drive the business cycle?

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1097-1118

  Jaimovich, Nir ^a   Rebelo, Sergio ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74949122801     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1097     Document Type: Article

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