Nonlinearities in exchange rate determination in a small open economy: Some evidence for Canada

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 268-278

  Kempa, Bernd ^a   Riedel, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian econometrics; C11; C24; E42; Exchange rate models; F31; Markov switching; Taylor rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872326666     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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