Investigating Okun's law by the structural break with threshold approach: Evidence from Canada

Manchester School

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-611

  Huang, Ho Chuan ^a   Chang, Ya Kai ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 24144438616     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00466.x     Document Type: Review

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