Real exchange rate targeting and inflation in Turkey: An empirical analysis with policy credibility

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1717-1730

  Erol, Turan ^a   Van Wijnbergen, Sweder ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inflation; Policy credibility; Real exchange rates; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE POLICY; INFLATION; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0031448636     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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