The choice of exchange rate regimes in developing countries: A multinomial panel analysis

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1071-1094

  von Hagen, Jürgen ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Developing country; Exchange rate regimes; Multinomial logit model; Simulation; Static and dynamic panel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548307279     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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