Modeling the ECU against the U.S. Dollar: A structural monetary interpretation

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 436-450

  Cour, Lisbeth La ^a   MacDonald, Ronald ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divisia money; Exchange rate modeling; Forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416392     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2000.10524883     Document Type: Article

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