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What is What? A Simple Time-Domain Test of Long-memory vs. Structural Breaks

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  • Juan J. Dolado
  • Jesús Gonzalo
  • Laura Mayoral

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This paper proposes a new time-domain test of a process being I(d), 0

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  • Juan J. Dolado & Jesús Gonzalo & Laura Mayoral, 2005. "What is What? A Simple Time-Domain Test of Long-memory vs. Structural Breaks," Working Papers 258, Barcelona School of Economics.
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