Macroeconomics and volatility: Data, models, and estimation

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Tenth World Congress Volume 3, Econometrics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-183

  Fernández Villaverde, Jesús ^a   Rubio Ramírez, Juan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923407495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139060035.005     Document Type: Chapter

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