Does housing cost affect birth rates in Taiwan? The ADL test for threshold co-integration

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 90-103

  Chen, Wen Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADL test; House price; Low fertility; Threshold co integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886824490     PISSN: 15826163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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