Purchasing power parity in Central and Eastern European countries: An analysis of unit roots and nonlinearities

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Cuestas, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PURCHASING POWER PARITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58549111825     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850802112252     Document Type: Article

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