The choice of exchange rate regime: An empirical analysis for transition economies

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 679-703

  von Hagen, Jürgen ^a,b   Zhou, Jizhong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Exchange rate regimes; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644768443     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2005.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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