Does exchange rate variability matter for welfare? A quantitative investigation of stabilization policies

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1041-1058

  Bergin, Paul R ^a,b   Shin, Hyung Cheol ^c   Tchakarov, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Franklin Templeton ^*  (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate regime; Second order approximation; Stabilization policy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; MODELING; MONETARY POLICY; OPTIMIZATION; STABILIZATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 34247137143     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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