Predicting currency crises:: The indicators approach and an alternative

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 561-586

  Berg, Andrew ^a   Pattillo, Catherine ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian crisis; Balance of payments crises; Crisis prediction; Currency crises; F31; F47; Vulnerability indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033176839     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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