The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention: now published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of state, by direction of the Joint library committee of Congress, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin.

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The Gipsy : a tale / by (G.P.R. James)

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Harmonia apostolica, or, Two dissertations : in the former of which the doctrine of St. James on justification by works is explained and defended : in the latter the agreement of St. Paul with St. James is clearly shewn /

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Statistical survey of the county of Mayo : with observations on the means of improvement : drawn up in the year 1801, for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society /

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The works of James Harris, esq., with an account of his life and character,

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Porcupine's works : containing various writings and selections, exhibiting a faithful picture of the United States of America; of their governments, laws, politics and resources; of the characters of their presidents, governors, legislators, magistrates, and military men; and of the customs, manners, morals, religion, virtues and vices of the people : comprising also a complete series of historical documents and remarks, from the end of the war, in 1783, to the election of the President, in March, 1801 /

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The apostle of the North, Rev. James Evans,

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History of the South Carolina college, from its incorporation, Dec. 19, 1801, to Dec. 19, 1865,

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The papers of James Madison, purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention; now published from the original manuscripts,

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The works of G.P.R. James, esq.

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Rejoinder to James Hamilton

Hamilton (2001) makes a number of comments on our paper (Harding and Pagan, 2002b). The objectives of this rejoinder are, firstly, to note the areas in which we agree; secondly, to define with greater clarity the areas in which we disagree; and, thirdly, to point to other papers, including a longer version of this response, where we have dealt with some of the issues that he raises. The core of our debate with him is whether one should use an algorithm with a specified set of rules for determining the turning points in economic activity or whether one should use a parametric model that features latent states. Hamilton begins his criticism by stating that there is a philosophical distinction between the two methods for dating cycles and concludes that the method we use “leaves vague and intuitive exactly what this algorithm is intended to measure”. Nothing is further from the truth. When seeking ways to decide on whether a turning point has occurred it is always useful to ask the question, what is a recession? Common usage suggests that it is a decline in the level of economic activity that lasts for some time. For this reason it has become standard to describe a recession as a decline in GDP that lasts for more than two quarters. Finding periods in which quarterly GDP declined for two periods is exactly what our approach does. What is vague about this?