El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una panorámica de los contrastes de raíz unitaria propuestos en la literatura, que pretende servir de guía práctica para el investigador que necesite hacer uso de este tipo de técnicas. El estudio se ciñe a los contrastes aplicables a series no...

El presente artículo ofrece una panorámica de los contrastes específicos de raíz unitaria en presencia de cambio estructural propuestos en la literatura, que pretende servir de guía práctica para el investigador que necesite hacer uso de este tipo de técnicas. Estos contrastes contribuyen...

We argue that cross-country convergence of output per capita should be examined in a fractional-integration time-series context and we propose a new empirical strategy to test it, which is the first one that discriminates between fractional long-run convergence and fractional catching-up. The...

Leading scholars examine recent evidence from theoretical and empirical research on tax compliance and tax evasion, and provide an in-depth analysis of underlying methods. Strategies to fight tax evasion are evaluated and the motivations behind it are explored, as are the impact and size of the...

We apply unit root tests in a multivariate TAR model with bootstrapping simulations to assess the influence of short-run economic conditions on long-run economic convergence and to extract economic policy implications. We use two different groups of countries whose members share important...

Nonlinear present value models are adjusted to data from the Spanish inter-bank market between 1986 and 1992, with the ultimate objective of testing the rational expectations hypothesis of the term structure of the interest rates. The nonlinearity stems from using models with two stochastically...

In order to evaluate the efficiency of the monetary transmission mechanism, we develop the formulas for testing rational expectations theory in the term structure of interest rates with VAR models of stochastically switching regimes in which all the parameters are regime dependent. These...