Not complements, but substitutes: Fixed exchange rate commitments, central bank independence, and external currency stability

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-824

  Bearce, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; CURRENCY; EXCHANGE RATE; MONETARY POLICY; OECD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 56849113264     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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