The Conventional Treatment of Seasonality in Business Cycle Analysis: Does it Create Distortions?

41 Pages Posted: 14 Jan 2001 Last revised: 26 Mar 2023

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Lawrence J. Christiano

Northwestern University; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Richard M. Todd

University of Minnesota - St. Paul - Department of Applied Economics

Date Written: December 2000

Abstract

'No.' So says one model that is broadly consistent with postwar U.S. seasonal and business cycle data.

Suggested Citation

Christiano, Lawrence J. and Todd, Richard, The Conventional Treatment of Seasonality in Business Cycle Analysis: Does it Create Distortions? (December 2000). NBER Working Paper No. t0266, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=253993

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