Requiem for the unit root in per capita real GDP? Additional evidence from historical data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-63

  Gaffeo, Edoardo ^a   Gallegati, Marco ^b   Gallegati, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Output persistence; Structural instability; Unit root tests

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 17444378264     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0211-y     Document Type: Article

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