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‘Floors’ and/or ‘Ceilings’ and the Persistence of Business Cycles

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Sordi, S. (2006). ‘Floors’ and/or ‘Ceilings’ and the Persistence of Business Cycles. In: Puu, T., Sushko, I. (eds) Business Cycle Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32168-3_11

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