Real interest rate parity in the ASEAN-5 countries: A nonlinear perspective

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 955-958

  Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi ^a   Liew, Venus Khim Sen ^b   Hamzah, Nor Aishah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; ASEAN; CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; INTEREST RATE; NONLINEARITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749091582     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600949152     Document Type: Article

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