Does long-run real interest parity hold among EU countries? Some new panel data evidence

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 733-746

  Holmes, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU; Real interest parity; Unit root test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387119     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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