Currency ratios and U.S. underground economic activity

Economics Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Porter, Richard D ^a   Weinbach, Gretchen C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency ratios; Overseas U.S. currency; Retail sweep programs; Underground economic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245311     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00035-x     Document Type: Article

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