Foreign exchange interventions under inflation targeting: The Czech experience

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-491

  Geršl, Adam ^a   Holub, Tomáš ^a  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 33749611381     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byl015     Document Type: Review

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