Intervention policy of the BoJ: A unified approach

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 904-913

  Beine, Michel ^a   Bernal, Oscar ^b   Gnabo, Jean Yves ^c   Lecourt, Christelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FX intervention; Market detection; Nested Logit; Secrecy puzzle

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749086753     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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