Do nominal devaluations lead to real devaluations? Evidence from 89 countries

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 644-670

  Bahmani Oskooee, Mohsen ^a   Hegerty, Scott W ^a   Kutan, Ali M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounds testing; Cointegration; Nominal devaluation; Real devaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149106235     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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