Good times are drinking times: Empirical evidence on business cycles and alcohol sales in Sweden 1861-2000

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-546

  Krüger, Niclas A ^a   Svensson, Mikael ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77951077693     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850802167215     Document Type: Article

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