Self-fulfilling risk predictions: An application to speculative attacks

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 245-268

  Flood, Robert P ^a   Marion, Nancy P ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Currency crisis; Devaluation; Mexico; Risk premium

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY DEVALUATION; EXCHANGE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033970330     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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