Can sticky prices account for the variations and persistence in real exchange rates?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-85

  Ng, Serena ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Half lives; Persistence; Real exchange rates; Rigidities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037305977     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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