Granger causality is designed to measure effect, not mechanim.
http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2013.00006/full
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Granger causality is designed to measure effect, not mechanim.
http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2013.00006/full