Are all Central Bank interventions created equal? An empirical investigation

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-474

  Sapp, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Bank intervention; Foreign exchange; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346499115     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00410-7     Document Type: Article

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