Exchange rate regimes and capital mobility: Issues and some lessons from central and eastern European applicant countries

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-171

  Hochreiter, Eduard ^a  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Currency boards; E42; Emerging market economies; EU accession countries; Exchange rate arrangements; F33; Monetary union

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008902657     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9408(00)00036-x     Document Type: Article

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