How forecastable is consumption growth? New evidence on the Hall random walk hypothesis

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1435-1446

  Viard, Alan D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION GROWTH; HALL RANDOM WALK HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0031409163     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326264     Document Type: Article

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