Balance sheets, exchange rate policy, and welfare

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3986-4015

  Elekdaǧ, Selim ^a   Tchakarov, Ivan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance sheets; Exchange rate policy; Financial accelerator; Liability dollarization; Second order approximation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548818491     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2007.01.030     Document Type: Article

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