Is per capita real GDP stationary in China? Sequential panel selection method

Economic Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 507-517

  Lee, Kuei Chiu ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Fourier function; Panel KSS unit root test; Per capita real GDP; Policy implications; Sequential panel selection method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890954478     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.11.040     Document Type: Article

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