A model of contagious currency crises with application to Argentina

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 435-457

  Choueiri, Nada ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Contagion; Multiple equilibria; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012444415     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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