Is the consumption-income ratio stationary in African countries? Evidence from new time series tests that allow for structural breaks
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- Sakiru Adebola Solarin & Muhammad Shahbaz & Chris Stewart, 2018. "Is the consumption-income ratio stationary in African countries? Evidence from new time series tests that allow for structural breaks," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(38), pages 4122-4136, August.
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Keywords
consumption-income ratio; African countries; unit root tests; structural breaks;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-04-30 (Africa)
- NEP-MAC-2018-04-30 (Macroeconomics)
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