Is the consumption-income ratio stationary? Evidence from panel unit root tests

Economics Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-314

  Sarantis, Nicholas ^a   Stewart, Chris ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C23; Consumption income ratio; E21; Panel unit root tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033425659     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00110-x     Document Type: Article

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