A multi-country comparison of the linkages between inflation and exchange rate competitiveness

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-184

  Kamin, Steven B ^a   Klau, Marc ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; Inflation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INFLATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

EID: 0037397527     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.205     Document Type: Article

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