Crises and recoveries in an empirical model of consumption disasters

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 35-74

  Nakamura, Emi ^a   Steinsson, Jón ^a   Barro, Robert ^b   Ursúa, José ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

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EID: 84880608268     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.5.3.35     Document Type: Article

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