Two sides of the same coin? Employing Granger causality tests in a time series cross-section framework

Political Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-344

  Hood, M V ^a   Kidd, Quentin ^b   Morris, Irwin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 47649107393     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpn002     Document Type: Article

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