Realignment expectations and the US dollar, 1890-1897: Was there a `Peso problem'?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 605-620

  Paul Hallwood, C ^a   MacDonald, Ronald ^b   Marsh, Ian W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C53; Credibility; E58; F31; F33; Fixed exchange rates; Gold standard; Interest parity; Peso problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363466     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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