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<h2>Number of Strikes in Us Manufacturing </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>monthly observations from 1968(1) to 1976 (12)
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<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  108
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<p><EM>observation</EM> :  country
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<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(StrikeNb)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A time serie containing :
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<dl>
<dt>strikes</dt><dd><p>number of strikes (number of contract strikes in U.S. manufacturing beginning each month)</p>
</dd>
<dt>output</dt><dd><p> level of economic activity (measured as cyclical departure of aggregate production from its trend level)</p>
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<dt>time</dt><dd><p> a time trend from 1 to 108</p>
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<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Kennan, J. (1985) &ldquo;The Duration of Contract strikes in U.S. Manufacturing&rdquo;, <EM>Journal of Econometrics</EM>, <B>28</B>, 5-28.
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<p>Cameron, A.C.  and    Trivedi P.K. (1990) &ldquo;Regression Based Tests for Overdispersion in the Poisson  Model&rdquo;, <EM>Journal of Econometrics</EM>, december, 347-364.
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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Cameron, A.C.  and   Trivedi P.K. (1998) <EM>Regression analysis of count data</EM>, Cambridge University Press, <a href="http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html">http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html</a>, chapter 7.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
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<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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