Causal relationship between construction flows and GDP: Evidence from Hong Kong

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-376

  Tse, Raymond Y C ^a   Ganesan, Sivaguru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causality; GDP; Hong Kong; Unit root test

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CAUSALITY; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; GRANGER CAUSALITY; HONG-KONG; MACROECONOMIC POLICIES; POLICY MAKERS; UNIT ROOT TESTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0000023662     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997372926     Document Type: Article

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