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Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment

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  • Pau Rabanal

    (IMF.)

  • Juan Rubio-Ramirez

    (Duke University)

  • Diego Vilan

    (USC.)

  • Federico Mandelman

    (Atlanta Fed.)

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to explain any of the existing puzzles.

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  • Pau Rabanal & Juan Rubio-Ramirez & Diego Vilan & Federico Mandelman, 2010. "Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment," 2010 Meeting Papers 1175, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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