A note on testing the causal link between construction activity and economic growth in Taiwan

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 591-598

  Chang, Tsangyao ^a   Nieh, Chien Chung ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Construction activity; Economic growth; Granger causality

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344703156     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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