Unit roots in output, an exponential 2 per cent rate of convergence and no change in the underlying dynamics of output … (conditional and unconditional) convergence suit first step approximation. We show both theoretically and empirically how the … uniform 2 per cent rate of convergence repeatedly found in the empirical literature is the outcome of an underlying parameter …

This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which observed inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …

This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which 'observed' inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …

This paper used cross-sectional aggregation as the inspiration for a model with long-range dependence that arises in …

-sectional aggregation. Nonetheless, formal analysis regarding the effect that aggregation has on the long memory dynamics of temperature … aggregation may be exacerbating the long memory estimated in regional and global temperature data. The results are robust to the …

also reveal a move to the common mid-point. Fractionally integrated time series models support the convergence thesis with … right-most and left-most party affiliates converging most rapidly. However, the convergence we find may be part of a … nonperiodic wave-like pattern were periods of convergence are alternated by periods of divergence. Future political conflicts may …