Econometrical investigation on infrastructure investment and economic development in China: A case study using vector autoregression approach

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-567

  Guo, Jianhua ^a   Guo, Jianping ^b   Xia, Jingxin ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Economic development; Infrastructure investment; Unit root test; Vector autoregression; Vector error correction

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; UNIT ROOT TEST; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION; VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION;

DATA HANDLING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79952459362     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-011-1095-y     Document Type: Article

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