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RBC Methodology and the Development
of Aggregate Economic Theory
E.C. Prescott
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Contents
1. Introduction                                           1760
2. A Brief History of Business Cycles                                1761
  2.1 The National Accounts: Defining Macroeconomics                        1762
  2.2 Neoclassical Growth Theory: The Theory Used in Ag ...