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The Link between Unemployment and Industrial Production: The Fourier Approach with Structural Breaks

Gunduz M.

Volume 13, Issue 3, 2020

Gunduz M. The link between unemployment and industrial production: the Fourier approach with structural breaks. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 2020, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 228–240. DOI: 10.15838/esc.2020.3.69.15

DOI: 10.15838/esc.2020.3.69.15

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