Are shocks to real effective exchange rates permanent or transitory? Evidence from Pacific Island countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1053-1060

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Prasad, Biman Chand ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYNESIA; SAMOA; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 42149177714     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600771122     Document Type: Article

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