Exchange rate regimes in Central and East European countries: Deeds vs. words

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-483

  Frömmel, Michael ^a   Schobert, Franziska ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central and East Europe; Exchange rate regimes; Implicit exchange rate targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751087475     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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