The effectiveness of central bank intervention in the EMS: The post 1993 experience

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-597

  Brandner, Peter ^a   Grech, Harald ^b   Stix, Helmut ^b  

^a Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance   (Austria)

^b OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

Author keywords

European monetary system; Foreign exchange intervention; Markov switching ARCH

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646810493     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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