Real interest parity and transaction costs for the group of 10 countries

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-372

  Al Awad, Mouawiya ^a   Grennes, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G 10; Real interest parity; Real interest rates; Transaction costs; Two one sided t tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036032450     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-0560(02)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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