Should the exchange rate be a shock absorber?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-377

  Devereux, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exchange rate; Financial markets; Shock absorber; Wage stickiness

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET; WAGE;

EID: 1342288005     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(03)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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