Interest rates, exchange rates and present value models of the current account

Economic Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 463, 2000, Pages 535-558

  Bergin, Paul R ^b   Sheffrin, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; INTEREST RATE; NATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 0034107080     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00536     Document Type: Article

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