The continuous wavelet transform: Moving beyond uni- and bivariate analysis

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-375

  Aguiar Conraria, Luís ^a   Soares, Maria Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Continuous wavelet transform; Economic fluctuations; Multiple wavelet coherency; Partial wavelet coherency; Wavelet coherency; Wavelet partial phase difference

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSFORM;

EID: 84895927598     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12012     Document Type: Article

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