Monetary policy, foreign exchange intervention, and the exchange rate in a unifying framework

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 355-386

  Kim, Soyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate; Foreign exchange intervention; Monetary policy; Reaction function; Structural VAR

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; MODELING; MONETARY POLICY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 0037846099     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(02)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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