'Wait-and-See' business cycles?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 704-719

  Bachmann, Rüdiger ^a,b   Bayer, Christian ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CESifo and ifo ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 84883829145     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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