Complex unit roots and business cycles: Are they real?

Econometric Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 962-983

  Bierens, Herman J ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035637941     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466601175055     Document Type: Article

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