On testing conditional sigma - Convergence

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-473

  Egger, Peter ^a   Pfaffermayr, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 67650444529     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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