Central bank FOREX interventions assessed using realized moments

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-127

  Beine, Michel ^a,b   Laurent, Sébastien ^c   Palm, Franz C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central bank interventions; Exchange rates realized moments

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649222317     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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