Expectation Shocks and Learning as Drivers of the Business Cycle

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 552, 2011, Pages 379-401

  Milani, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; KEYNESIAN THEORY; LEARNING; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING;

EID: 79955926490     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02422.x     Document Type: Article

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