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Diskussionspapiere Discussion Papers

Discussion Paper No. 238

Leading Indicators of Euroland Business Cycles by Ulrich Fritsche and Felix Marklein2) 1)

Berlin, January 2001

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German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin Humboldt-University Berlin

Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin Königin-Luise-Str. 5, 14195 Berlin Phone: +49-30-89789- 0 Fax: +49-30-89789- 200 Internet: http://www.diw.de ISSN 1433-0210

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