The Conventional Treatment of Seasonality in Business Cycle Analysis: Does it Create Distortions?
Technical Working Paper 0266
DOI 10.3386/t0266
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'No.' So says one model that is broadly consistent with postwar U.S. seasonal and business cycle data.
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Copy CitationLawrence J. Christiano and Richard M. Todd, "The Conventional Treatment of Seasonality in Business Cycle Analysis: Does it Create Distortions?," NBER Working Paper t0266 (2000), https://doi.org/10.3386/t0266.
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Christiano, Lawrence J. and Richard M. Todd. "The Conventional Treatment Of Seasonality In Business Cycle Analysis: Does It Create Distortions?," Journal of Monetary Economics, 2002, v49(2,Mar), 335-364.
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