Exchange rate regimes and shocks asymmetry: The case of the accession countries

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-229

  Babetskii, Ian ^a,b,c,g   Boone, Laurence ^d   Maurel, Mathilde ^b,e,f  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d OECD   (France)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^f WDI   (United States)

^g MSF   (France)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; Exchange rate regimes; Kalman filter; OCA (optimal currency area) criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242705289     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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