Long run neutrality restrictions have been widely used to identify structural shocks in VAR models. This paper revisits the seminal paper by Blanchard and Quah (1989), and investigates their identification scheme. We use structural VAR models with smoothly changing covariances for identification...

The present thesis comprises two rather independent chapters. In general, the diagnosis and quantification of dependence is a major aim of econometric studies. Along these lines, the concept of dependence serves as an encompassing framework to analyze time series with two very different...

1 Space and Time are Inextricably Interwoven -- 2 Time Series for Spatial Econometricians -- 3 Spatial Data Analysis and Econometrics -- 4 The Spatial Conectivity Matrix -- 5 Unit Root and Cointegration Tests in Spatial Cross-Section Data -- 6 Spatial Vector Autoregressions -- 7 Unit Root and...