The exchange rate - A shock-absorber or source of shocks? A study of four open economies

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 874-893

  Artis, Michael ^a   Ehrmann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canada; Denmark; EMU; Exchange rates; Structural vector autoregression; Sweden; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748577305     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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