When are fixed exchange rates really fixed?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-25

  Velasco, Andrés ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Fixed exchange rates; Multiple equilibria; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001781327     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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