The Yen Real Exchange Rate may be Stationary after all: Evidence from Non-linear Unit-root Tests

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-131

  Chortareas, Georgios ^a   Kapetanios, George ^b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1342282497     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Review

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