Is there a connection between monetary unification and real economic integration? Evidence from regime-switching stationarity tests

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 958-970

  Holmes, Mark J ^a   Maghrebi, Nabil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Markov regime switching; Real interest parity; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049113017     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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