Real exchange rate behavior in the Middle East: A re-examination

Economics Letters

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Sarno, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C22; F31; Middle East; Nonlinearity; Purchasing power parity; Real exchange rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385761     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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