The Cyclical Behavior of Industrial Labor Markets: A Comparison of the Prewar and Postwar Eras

Ben S. Bernanke & James Powell
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Copyright 1986
ISBN 0-226-30452-3
American Business Cycle
Book: The American Business Cycle: Continuity and Change
Book editor: Robert J. Gordon
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Studies in Business Cycles
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