Testing the effectiveness of the Czech National Bank's foreign-exchange interventions

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 398-415

  Geršl, Adam ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Effectiveness of intervention; Event study; Exchange rate; Foreign exchange intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750900928     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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