The balance of payments and borrowing constraints: An alternative view of the Mexican crisis

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 331-349

  Atkeson, Andrew ^a,b   Ríos Rull, José Víctor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance of payments; Exchange rate crises; International borrowing; Speculative attacks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005084126     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(96)01440-7     Document Type: Article

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