RT Journal Article T1 US Vehichles sales. Evidence of persistence after Covid-19 A1 Luis Alberiko, Gil-Alana A1 López Martínez, Gema AB In this paper, the sales of vehicles in the US are examined to understand if the shock caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic has had permanent or transitory effects on its subsequent evolution. Using monthly data from January 1976 until April 2021 and fractional integration methods, our results indicate that the series reverts and the shocks tend to disappear in the long run, even when they appear to be long lived. The results also indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has not increased the degree of persistence of the series but, unexpectedly, has slightly reduced its dependence. Thus, shocks are transitory, long lived but, as time goes by, the recovery seems to be faster, which is possibly a sign of the strength of the industry. PB Public Library of Science (Plos) YR 2023 FD 2023-02-21 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118244 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118244 LA eng NO Lopez, G. & Gil-Alana L. A. (2023). Us vehicles sales. Evidence of persistence after COVID-19. PLoS ONE 18(2): e0281906. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281906 NO financial support from the MINEIC-AEI-FEDER PID2020-113691RB-I00 project from ‘Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad’ (MINEIC), `Agencia Estatal de Investigación' (AEI) Spain and `Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional' (FEDER). An internal Project from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. DS Docta Complutense RD 16 abr 2025