On the unstable relationship between exchange rates and macroeconomic fundamentals

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-26

  Bacchetta, Philippe ^a,b,c   van Wincoop, Eric ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Imperfect information; Parameter uncertainty; Time varying parameters

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EXCHANGE RATE; MACROECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881551481     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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