Sterilised central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-267

  Vitale, Paolo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange market; Market micro structure; Signalling channel; Sterilised intervention

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET;

EID: 0033371584     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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