Scaling the volatility of GDP growth rates

DOI10.1016/S0165-1765(98)00121-9zbMath0910.90038OpenAlexW1981176334WikidataQ127310228 ScholiaQ127310228MaRDI QIDQ1274722

L. A. N. Amaral, Youngki Lee, David Canning, H. Eugene Stanley, Martin Meyer

Publication date: 12 January 1999

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00121-9

zbMATH Keywords

volatilityscale effectscountry sizereal business cyclesnetwork models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Economic growth models (91B62) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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• Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations
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