Nonlinear trend stationarity of real exchange rates: The case of the Mediterranean countries

International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-46

  Camarero, Mariam ^a   Cuestas, Juan Carlos ^b   Ordónez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinearity; PPP; Purchasing power parity; Real exchange rate; Structural change; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249117956     PISSN: 17553830     EISSN: 17553849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBAAF.2008.020241     Document Type: Article

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