Observational equivalence and a stochastic cointegration test of the neoclassical and Romer's increasing returns models

Economic Modelling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-60

  Lau, Sau Him Paul ^a   Sin, Chor Yiu ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Stochastic cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030639867     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-9993(96)01019-x     Document Type: Article

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