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- 10
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- 2
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- 139-162
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Charles R. Nelson,
Charles R. Plosser
(1982).
Trends and random walks in macroeconmic time series.
Journal of Monetary Economics
, 10
(2)
, 139-162.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3932(82)90012-5
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- 10.1016/0304-3932(82)90012-5