On empirical exchange rate models: What does a rejection of the symmetry restriction on short-run interest rates mean?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-688

  Goldberg, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical exchange rate models; Interest rates and symmetry restrictions; Rational expectations; Theories consistent expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288721     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(00)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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