Understanding spot and forward exchange rate regressions

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 715-734

  Hai, Weike ^a   Mark, Nelson C ^b   Wu, Yangru ^c  

^a Watson Wyatt and Company   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031314506     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199711/12)12:6<715::AID-JAE470>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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