Why are currency crises contagious? A comparison of the latin american crisis of 1994-1995 and the asian crisis of 1997-1998

Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 664-691

  Fratzscher, Marcel ^a  

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EID: 0032270783     PISSN: 00432636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02773292     Document Type: Article

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