Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-174

  Fountas, Stilianos ^a   Wu, Jyh Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; FINANCIAL MARKET; INTEREST RATE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032811935     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00126     Document Type: Article

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