Simple monetary policy rules and exchange rate uncertainty

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-507

  Leitemo, Kai ^a   Söderström, Ulf ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exchange rate determination; Model uncertainty; Open economy; Robustness of policy rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844420859     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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