Why is it so difficult to find an effect of exchange rate risk on trade?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 817-839

  Klaassen, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distributed lags; Exports; Imperfect substitutes; Risk measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242783238     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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