Communication and exchange rate policy

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1651-1672

  Fratzscher, Marcel ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Euro area; Exchange rate; Intervention; Japan; Policy; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349118106     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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