A time series model of self-employment under uncertainty

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 251, 1996, Pages 459-475

  Parker, Simon C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0030391305     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555017     Document Type: Article

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