Flexible exchange rates as shock absorbers

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2079-2105

  Edwards, Sebastian ^a,c   Levy Yeyati, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate regimes; Growth; Terms of trade shocks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; GROWTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRADE;

EID: 27144455350     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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