Business volatility, job destruction, and unemployment

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-287

  Davis, Steven J ^a   Jason Faberman, R ^b   Haltiwanger, John ^c   Jarmin, Ron ^d   Miranda, Javier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

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EID: 85017144262     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.2.259     Document Type: Article

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