Further investigation of the uncertain unit root in GNP

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-73

  Cheung, Yin Wong ^a   Chinn, Menzie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Output persistence; Sample specific critical value; Stationarity test; Unit root test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031540431     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1997.10524688     Document Type: Article

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