Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence

The theme of unit roots in macroeconomic time series has received a great amount of theoretical and applied research in the last two decades. This paper presents some of the main issues regarding unit root tests, explores some of the implications for macroeconomic theory and policy, and reviews the...

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Main Author: Gilberto Libânio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2009-06-01
Series:Nova Economia
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Online Access:http://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/461
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description The theme of unit roots in macroeconomic time series has received a great amount of theoretical and applied research in the last two decades. This paper presents some of the main issues regarding unit root tests, explores some of the implications for macroeconomic theory and policy, and reviews the recent evidence on the presence of unit roots in  GDP series for Latin American countries. We conclude that a consensual view on many of the aspects involved has not emerged from this literature.
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spelling doaj.art-16d5fbe1885843fd96a848308cea51502022-12-21T19:39:34ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisNova Economia0103-63512009-06-01153455Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidenceGilberto LibânioThe theme of unit roots in macroeconomic time series has received a great amount of theoretical and applied research in the last two decades. This paper presents some of the main issues regarding unit root tests, explores some of the implications for macroeconomic theory and policy, and reviews the recent evidence on the presence of unit roots in  GDP series for Latin American countries. We conclude that a consensual view on many of the aspects involved has not emerged from this literature.http://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/461modelos de séries temporais, raízes unitárias,
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Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
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modelos de séries temporais, raízes unitárias,
title Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
title_full Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
title_fullStr Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
title_full_unstemmed Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
title_short Unit roots in macroeconomic time series: theory, implications, and evidence
title_sort unit roots in macroeconomic time series theory implications and evidence
topic modelos de séries temporais, raízes unitárias,
url http://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/461
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