Non-stationary transition matrices: An overlooked issue in intra-distribution dynamics

Economics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-109

  Hierro, María ^a   Maza, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chapman Kolmogorov equation; Stationarity; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149117796     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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