Testing the real interest parity hypothesis in six developed countries

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-180

  Shi, Qi ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Alexiadis, Sam ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interest rate differential; Interest rate parity; Unit root test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859067479     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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