Drift and breaks in labor productivity

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2847-2877

  Benati, Luca ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Median unbiased estimation; Monte Carlo integration; Structural break tests; Time varying parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250801527     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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