Unit roots and structural breaks in North American unemployment rates

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-282

  Ewing, Bradley T ^a   Wunnava, Phanindra V ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Structural break; Unemployment rates; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035510828     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(01)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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