Exchange rates in the new EU accession countries: What have we learned from the forerunners?

Economic Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 163-186

  Bulíř, Aleš ^a   Šmídková, Kateřina ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Czech National Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

ERM2; Foreign direct investment; Sustainable real exchange rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844433317     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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