Monetary integration and the cost of borrowing

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-479

  Gómez Puig, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

International and domestic credit risk; Market liquidity; Monetary integration; Sovereign securities markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149106244     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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