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		| Montserrat  Ferré | 
	
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		| ''The Johansen Test and the Transitivity Property'' | 
	
		| ( 2004, Vol. 3 No.27 ) | 
	
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		| Sometimes two variables Y and Z are each cointegrated with another variable X, but Y and Z do not appear to be cointegrated with each other.  This article provides a possible explanation why this might happen. | 
	
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		| Keywords: cointegration | 
	
		| JEL: C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jul 22 2004 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Jul 25 2004 | 
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