Does money cause prices, or the other way around?: Multi-country econometric evidence including error-correction modeling from South-east Asia

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 138-160

  Masih, Abul M M ^a   Masih, Rumi ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000537852     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443589810215315     Document Type: Article

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