TY - JOUR AU - Christiano,Lawrence J. AU - Todd,Richard M. TI - The Conventional Treatment of Seasonality in Business Cycle Analysis: Does it Create Distortions? JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Technical Working Paper Series VL - No. 266 PY - 2000 Y2 - December 2000 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0266 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0266.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Lawrence Christiano Department of Economics Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 Tel: 847/491-8231 Fax: 847/491-7001 E-Mail: l-christiano@northwestern.edu Richard Todd Federal Reserve Board of Minneapolis E-Mail: dick.todd@mpls.frb.org AB - 'No.' So says one model that is broadly consistent with postwar U.S. seasonal and business cycle data. ER -