The advantage to hiding one's hand: Speculation and central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-277

  Bhattacharya, Utpal ^a   Weller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank; Currency speculation; Exchange rate target; Foreign exchange; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031185057     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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