Modeling Exchange Rates with Incomplete Information

Handbook of Exchange Rates

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 375-390

  Bacchetta, Philippe ^a,b   Van Wincoop, Eric ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CEPR ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic monetary model; Information heterogeneity; Infrequent decisions and forward premium puzzle; Model uncertainty; Modeling exchange rates with incomplete information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886326563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118445785.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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