Unmeasured investment and the puzzling us boom in the 1990s

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 88-123

  McGrattan, Ellen R ^a,b   Prescott, Edward C ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053926172     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.4.88     Document Type: Article

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