Before the fall: Were East Asian currencies overvalued?

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-126

  Chinn, Menzie D ^a  

^a Eisenhower Exec Off Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium exchange rates; Overvaluation; Purchasing power parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259249     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0141(00)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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