Soft exchange rate bands and speculative attacks: Theory, and evidence from the ERM since August 1993

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-29

  Bartolini, Leonardo ^a   Prati, Alessandro ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate target zones; Speculative attacks

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032747453     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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