Expenditure switching versus real exchange rate stabilization: Competing objectives for exchange rate policy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2346-2374

  Devereux, Michael B ^a   Engel, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; Monetary policy; Real exchange rate; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548037425     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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