The role of policymakers in business cycle fluctuations

The Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-290

  Granato, Jim ^a   Wong, M C Sunny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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