Is real GDP stationary? Evidence from a panel unit root test with cross-sectional dependence and historical data


Autoria(s): Aslanidis, Nektarios; Fountas, Stilianos
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública

Data(s)

2012

Resumo

We use historical data that cover more than one century on real GDP for industrial countries and employ the Pesaran panel unit root test that allows for cross-sectional dependence to test for a unit root on real GDP. We find strong evidence against the unit root null. Our results are robust to the chosen group of countries and the sample period. Key words: real GDP stationarity, cross-sectional dependence, CIPS test. JEL Classification: C23, E32

Formato

10 p.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/181404

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Relação

Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2012-02

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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Fonte

RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)

Palavras-Chave #Producte Interior Brut #33 - Economia
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper