Testing for asymmetries in UK macroeconomic time series

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-170

  Speight, A E H ^a   McMillan, D G ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES; MACROECONOMICS; MODELLING APPROACH;

UK;

EID: 0031902903     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00087     Document Type: Article

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