Using stochastic growth models to understand unit roots and breaking trends

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1645-1667

  Lau, Sau Him Paul ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth and deterministic trends; Stationarity or non stationarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206150     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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