Paper tigers? A model of the Asian crisis

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1211-1236

  Corsetti, Giancarlo ^a,b   Pesenti, Paolo ^c,d   Roubini, Nouriel ^d,e,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Balance of payment crisis; International lending; Moral hazard; Speculative attacks

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS;

ASIA;

EID: 0032774165     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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