Do exchange rates follow a random walk process in Middle Eastern countries?

Economics Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Bahmani Oskooee, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADF test; F31; KPSS test; Middle East; PPP; Real effective rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219371     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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