short-run business cycles, but doing so requires the construction of quarterly datasets with consistent occupational data …

European Union. In particular the paper estimates the effects of fiscal indiscipline and dissimilarity on business cycle … dissimilarity upon business cycle correlation in the EU. The paper also provides some evidence for the significance of intra … dissimilar fiscal policies are shown as sources of business cycle deviations from the average European cycle. …

renewed discussions of alternative approaches to stabilizing state finances over the business cycle. Prompted by evidence of … receipts varied more over the business cycle than sales tax receipts in most states that imposed both forms of taxation. This …, did not contribute to increased revenue volatility over the business cycle. The findings are used to evaluate the efficacy …

We incorporate remittances and microentrepreneurship (self-employment) into a small openeconomy business cycle model … composition of employment between nonsalaried and salaried employment over the business cycle. The model delivers labor market and …