Are fundamentals still relevant for European economies in the post-Euro period?

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 835-850

  Laopodis, Nikiforos T ^a,b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The American College of   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic activity; Fundamentals; Pre and post Euro; Stock prices; Structural VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650695178     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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