ABSTRACT

A distributed lag model occurs when one or more of the independent variables is lagged one or more periods:

There are several justifications for using lagged explanatory variables. For stanc t

hesis (PIH) offers an interesting application of a

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The difficulty is that EXDPI is hard to measure especially for aggregate data. One pts to approximate EXDPI was to use the pattern of past and current

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a proxy for expected future income. If the gged values of DPI are significant, then the PIH is supported.