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Efficient Tests for an Autoregressive Unit Root

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DOI10.2307/2171846zbMath0888.62088OpenAlexW2149292156MaRDI QIDQ4895048

Thomas J. Rothenberg, Graham Elliott, James H. Stock

Publication date: 8 June 1998

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/t0130.pdf




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