Announcements are not enough : foreign exchange intervention under imperfect credibility

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
949
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
F31, E58, G20, D43
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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