Tail behaviour of the euro

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 827-840

  Cotter, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EXCHANGE RATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17944378782     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000338694     Document Type: Article

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