Why did central banks intervene in ERM I? The post-1993 experience

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-147

  Brandner, Peter ^a   Grech, Harald ^b  

^a Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance   (Austria)

^b Oesterreichische Nationalbank   (Austria)

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EID: 21044447236     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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