Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions: With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling

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Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions : With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling. / Cavaliere, Giuseppe; Nielsen, Heino Bohn; Rahbek, Anders.

I: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Bind 38, Nr. 1, 2020, s. 55-67.

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Cavaliere, G, Nielsen, HB & Rahbek, A 2020, 'Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions: With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling', Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, bind 38, nr. 1, s. 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2018.1448830

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Cavaliere, G., Nielsen, H. B., & Rahbek, A. (2020). Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions: With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 38(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2018.1448830

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Cavaliere G, Nielsen HB, Rahbek A. Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions: With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 2020;38(1):55-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2018.1448830

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Cavaliere, Giuseppe ; Nielsen, Heino Bohn ; Rahbek, Anders. / Bootstrapping Noncausal Autoregressions : With Applications to Explosive Bubble Modeling. I: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 2020 ; Bind 38, Nr. 1. s. 55-67.

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