On the relevance of exchange rate regimes for stabilization policy

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1468-1488

  Adao, Bernardino ^a   Correia, Isabel ^a,b,c   Teles, Pedro ^a,b,c  

^a Banco de Portugal ^*  (Portugal)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiscal and monetary policy; Fixed exchange rates; Labor mobility; Monetary union; Nominal rigidities; Optimal currency areas; Stabilization policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649385984     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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