Credit spreads and business cycle fluctuations

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1692-1720

  Gilchrist, Simon ^a   Zakrajšek, Egon ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 84862620851     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.4.1692     Document Type: Review

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