On the interpretation of panel unit root tests

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-546

  Pesaran, M Hashem ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Panels; Statistical significance; Unit root tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864767541     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.049     Document Type: Article

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