Real exchange rate cycles around elections

Economics and Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-330

  Stein, Ernesto H ^a   Streb, Jorge M ^b   Ghezzi, Piero ^c  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b Universidad del CEMA   (Argentina)

^c Deutsche Bank ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; EXCHANGE RATE; POLICY MAKING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33745202820     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-1985.2005.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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