Unemployment hysteresis in Canada: An approach based on long-memory time series models

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 823-831

  Koustas, Zisimos ^a   Veloce, William ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC SHOCK; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING APPROACH; SHOCK PERSISTENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0030515273     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328263     Document Type: Article

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