Testing the PPP in the non-linear STAR framework: Evidence from Africa

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bahmani Oskooee, Mohsen ^a   Gelan, Abera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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