Pitfalls in estimating equilibrium exchange rates for transition economies

Economic Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 130-143

  Maeso Fernandez, Francisco ^a   Osbat, Chiara ^b   Schnatz, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central and eastern European countries; Equilibrium exchange rates; Methodology; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844535108     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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