Fiscal Policy and the Real Exchange Rate »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2012/52
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Santanu Chatterjee , and Azer Mursagulov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463937133.001
ISBN: 9781463937133
Keywords: real exchange rate, intersectoral adjustment costs, exchange rate, government spending, government spending shocks, Macroeconomic Aspects Of International Trade And Finance, National Government Expenditures And Related Policies,
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