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Alternative definitions of the business cycle and their implications for business cycle models: a reply to Torben Mark Pederson

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  • Timothy Cogley, 1998. "Alternative definitions of the business cycle and their implications for business cycle models: a reply to Torben Mark Pederson," Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory 98-08, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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