Central bank interventions, communication and interest rate policy in emerging European economies

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-413

  Égert, Balázs ^a  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Central bank intervention; Communication; Event study; FX intervention; Interest rate moves; Turkey; Verbal intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250006620     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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