Business cycle synchronization and the Euro: A wavelet analysis

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-489

  Aguiar Conraria, Luís ^a   Joana Soares, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business cycle synchronization; Continuous wavelet transform; European Union integration; Multidimensional scaling; Wavelet distance matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955971454     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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