Financial contagion among members of the EU-8: A cointegration and Granger causality approach

International Journal of Emerging Markets

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-314

  Gray, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; European Union; Exchange rates; Foreign exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166678     PISSN: 17468809     EISSN: 17468817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17468800910991214     Document Type: Article

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