The Determinants of Official and Free-Market Exchange Rates in Albania during Transition

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 534-552

  Muço, Marta ^a,b   Papapanagos, Harry ^c   Sanfey, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b BANK OF ALBANIA   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; informal market; Albania

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347806145     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1999.1600     Document Type: Article

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