Testing the stochastic implications of the permanent income hypothesis using Canadian provincial data

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-108

  Dejuan, Joseph P ^a   Seater, John J ^b   Wirjanto, Tony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72949102421     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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