An analysis of currency crisis in South Korea

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-146

  Puri, Tribhuvan N ^a   Kuan, Chikuang ^b   Maskooki, Kooros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian crisis; Bailout; Capital flows; Currency crisis; Default risk; Economic indicators; FX reserves; Interest rate exposure; Ration of dishonored bills; Vector auto regressive models (VAR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036389733     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0283(02)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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