Convertibility, currency controls and the cost of capital in Western Europe, 1950-1999

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-276

  Voth, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital account; Convertibility; Cost of capital; Current account; Liberalization

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; CURRENCY MARKET;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042230556     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.210     Document Type: Article

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