Real currency appreciation in accession countries: Balassa-samuelson and investment demand

Review of World Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-210

  Fischer, Christoph ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balassa Samuelson effect; Panel; Real exchange rate; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142758454     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02663645     Document Type: Article

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