Price convergence of peripheral European countries on the way to the EMU: A time series approach

Empirical Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-168

  Camarero, Miriam ^a,b   Esteve, Vicente ^c   Tamarit, Cecilio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Nominal convergence; Time varying parameters; Unit root

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; MONETARY UNION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034067111     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050008     Document Type: Article

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