The Relationship between Exchange Rates and Interest Rate Differentials: A Wavelet Approach

World Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1162-1185

  Scott Hacker, R ^a   Karlsson, Hyunjoo Kim ^a   Månsson, Kristofer ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE RATE; INTEREST RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

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EID: 84866161789     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2012.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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