The asymmetric impact of monetary policy on currency markets

Financial Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-303

  Lobo, Bento J ^a   Darrat, Ali F ^b   Ramchander, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric policy effects; Disclosure policy regimes; E52; Exchange rates; F31; Federal funds rate target; G14; G15; Monetary policy; Nonannouncement surprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049021919     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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