The viability of fixed exchange rate commitments: Does politics matter? A theoretical and empirical investigation

Open Economies Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-132

  Méon, Pierre Guillaume ^a   Rizzo, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Credibility; Exchange rate regimes; Political uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; MONETARY POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0036130193     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013916013825     Document Type: Article

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