When do central bank interventions influence intra-daily and longer-term exchange rate movements?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1051-1071

  Dominguez, Kathryn M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank intervention; Exchange rate volatility; Market microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750935998     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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