What Makes Currencies Volatile? An Empirical Investigation

Open Economies Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-750

  Bleaney, Michael ^a   Francisco, Manuela ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exchange rate regimes; Inflation; Volatility

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 78049343299     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-009-9121-0     Document Type: Article

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