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Cyclical Implications of the Variable Utilization of Physical and Human Capital

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  • Ingram, B.F.

    (University of Iowa)

  • DeJong, D.N.
  • Whiteman, C.H.

    (University of Iowa)

  • Wen, Y.

Abstract

We develop a business cycle model in which consumption goods, physical capital and human capital are produced in separate sectors.

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  • Ingram, B.F. & DeJong, D.N. & Whiteman, C.H. & Wen, Y., 1996. "Cyclical Implications of the Variable Utilization of Physical and Human Capital," Working Papers 96-12, University of Iowa, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    BUSINESS CYCLES; ECONOMIC MODELS;

    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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