Omitted variables, confidence intervals, and the productivity of exchange rates

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-45

  Leightner, Jonathan E ^a,b,c  

^a AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Yonok Research Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXCHANGE RATE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

EID: 33846898250     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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