Are real exchange rates nonlinear or nonstationary? Evidence from a new threshold unit root test

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 45-65

  Basci, Erdem ^a,c   Caner, Mehmet ^b  

^a Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB)   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

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EID: 29144475466     PISSN: 15583708     EISSN: 10811826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1273     Document Type: Article

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