Foreign exchange market intervention and expectations: The yen/dollar exchange rate

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 982-1011

  Galati, Gabriele ^a   Melick, William ^b   Micu, Marian ^a  

^a BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank intervention and reaction functions; Exchange rates; Probability density functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644481000     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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