Trend-stationary GNP: Evidence from a new exact pointwise most powerful invariant unit root test

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 537-551

  Shively, Philip A ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0035634079     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.598     Document Type: Article

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