Modelling global temperature trends using cointegration and smooth transitions

Statistical Modeling

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-159

  Harvey, David ^a   Mills, Terence ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cointegration; global temperature; smooth transitions; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710066     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0100100204     Document Type: Article

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