Central bank interventions and exchange rate band regimes

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 677-700

  Mundaca, B Gabriela ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

C32; E58; Exchange rate bands; F31; Heteroskedasticity; Sterilized interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012337871     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(01)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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