Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and exogeneity tests for the USA

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 509-515

  Islam, Anisul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

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EID: 26944479499     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850010018743     Document Type: Article

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