Monetary policy rules in Central and Eastern European Countries: Does the exchange rate matter?

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 807-818

  Frömmel, Michael ^a   Garabedian, Garo ^b   Schobert, Franziska ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

CEEC; Inflation targeting; Monetary policy; Taylor rules; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755153155     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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