Growth, volatility and political instability: Non-linear time-series evidence for Argentina, 1896-2000

Economics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-137

  Campos, Nauro F ^a,b,c   Karanasos, Menelaos G ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C14; D72; E23; Economic growth; O40; Political instability; Power ARCH; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149123305     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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